Reply #3: Kudos to you.

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Hope it all works out for the best.

My wife knows, and all is well as long as I don't get too disrespectful. There have been some unpleasant moments though. It's frustrating for sure.
As for the rest of the family...a couple of them know, a couple more suspect, but I have never told my parents. I love them too much to ruin the remaining years of their lives worrying about my damned soul. I probably should have done it when I was a teen but I had a pretty 'live-and-let-live' attitude then. Now I think they just see me as anti-establishment but still a believer.

Regarding the "why won't you go to church" issue. It took a long time for my family to accept that I'm not going. I still get asked, but now it's just as a joke.