Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The annulment

So according to the Catholic Church, i am not divorced. I need to obtain a an annulment through the church. Which would possibly take 12-18months and cost $750 and they can still say no. But after much consideration we have decided to proceed with this process. This consists of asking me over 50 questions about my life growing up Shaine's life growing up and our marriage together. It was sort of ridiculous of what they ask. But i did it. It took me three hours and i wrote 18 pages. Its finally done. The pastor told me this was the fastest petition he has ever done. That's right. I get my stuff done and i am efficient. I want this annulment now so i can plan my wedding and get on with my life!!!!

The last question on the form i had to answer was " why do you think this marriage failed"?

This is what i wrote :
   I think this marriage failed because we got together at a very young age, I was only 20 and Shaine was 19, still a teenager. We had no idea at this age what a marriage was and how it is supposed to be. We thought we knew what we were doing. We didn't get to know each other as adults. We didn't have our goals straight. We had no idea who each other were, let alone ourselves. We thought that love was enough and it just isn't  Marriage is about building a relationship with the one you love. Knowing how to love, knowing what you want out of life and finding someone you want to share that life with and maybe even procreate. Marriage is about a lot more than teenagers falling in love on a school bus in high school.  It is about responsibility, respect, caring, love, friendship and most of all commitment. As I grew up and learned about the world I also learned about what a relationship is supposed to be. Now that I know who I am and what I want to do, I know that I can be with the person who is right for me. The person who will undoubtedly be the support above all others. The person I can grow with and love and finally make the commitment in front of God with and know that it is the person I am meant to be with and make a difference with.

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