Dear Lunaryogini
The reason he lied was because he was scared of my reaction because he knew I was very uptight about anything to do with his ex wife
I have reread your original post. This man managed to have an amicable divorce ( major bonus points), which I think says a lot and it was you who took issue with the way that these two people chose to handle their affairs ( pets can have similar entanglement to children) which appears to led to him becoming secretive.
It makes me wonder what trust issues you have had before meeting this gentleman?