Good for you. Apparently he really didn't accept you for you.

I haven't personally dealt with this but an old coworker proposed to his then gf and she said "Yes, but the snakes have to go." He was a manager at a pet store and bred corns and ratsnakes to make extra money. So he told her "Sorry, but they were here first and add income." Plus his favorite/pet albino was ridiculously awesome looking.

Ran into him a couple years ago and he was married to someone else and had a kid.