Annulled marriage - potential red flag?!

[Kazziepooes]

Hi all,

I wanted to seek any perspectives on this kind of unusual matter. I have googled it, but can’t really figure this one out & thus thought I’d ask you lovely people.

I’m dating a guy who claims to have married a girl overseas (he’s from the UK); she didn’t end up coming over to the UK and the marriage was annulled. I’m seeing this as a potential red flag & can’t really figure out under what type of circumstances this marriage could have been annulled. What i’m asking is, has anyone encountered this type of situation? And, whilst I’m totally aware you guys haven’t met him, would this type of thing put you off??

Would appreciate perspectives!!

It would be annulled because they hadn't had sex within the marriage, I assume.

I would swerve this guy, personally. The idea of arranged marriages turns my stomach.

Thank you all for taking time to share advice / perspectives, it is much appreciated.

This aside, and has been suggested by some, I’ve realised that he’s probably just not the one for me.

Thank you all once again.

Following. Op, what happened with the situation?

it’s just there’s something massively not quite right

I think the key thing is, for this or any other relationship, if you feel like this, you leave. That's what boundaries are. That's what self respect is: respecting your own feelings, whether they are happy or sad or 'oh shit, something is waaaay off, here!'

It is not so rare, unusual but not very very rare.

I know 3 people that had catholic marriages annulled.

All three were for versions of the same reason, withholding of information.

One man had a child and had kept the information from his new wife.
One man was a gambler and had debts and it came out after they married.
The third was because AFTER they were married he told his wife he didn't want children and that was accepted as grounds.

All done and dusted in 2 years.
All three women were practicing Catholics and had the active support of their priest.

It was surprisingly straightforward at the time.
These were 3 people I knew personally and would have occurred 30 years ago, around the time I got married.

All three remarried successfully.