Friendship and annulment

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Hello,

First time poster here. I am a 39-year old man and in the process of obtaining an annulment. My question is whether it is possible for someone in my position to befriend women with the ultimate intention of marrying again (after the annulment and if it is granted)?

I know that there might be issues with “temptation” while being friends with someone from the opposite sex but my concern is that at my age I might be having a harder time forming a family if I wait for the annulment to come and then meet women.

Thank you for your help
 
I think you’re fine if you keep it strictly friendship for now and make sure she knows you can’t re-marry yet.
 
If by “befriend a women with the ultimate intention of marrying again” you mean dating/starting a romantic relationship, then no it is not okay. If you mean a completely platonic friendship then it would be under the same rules as a friendship with any woman that wasn’t your wife when you first got married.

Until a declaration of nullity is granted you must presume you are still married. With that in mind you’d need to ask yourself if it was okay for you wife to date another man the week after you professed your vows.

I know this might seem incredibly harsh, but there is no guarantee that you marriage will be found invalid. What do you do if it is found valid two years after starting dating? Do you tell the woman, “Sorry, guess I really was married.” For all parties involved, never go into an investigation with the assumption that the marriage will be found invalid.
 
Thank you all for your replies.

I didn’t mean befriend in a “dating” sense but more of a “get to know the person” so that in the case that I am granted the annulment I would be able to start dating sooner.

If I don’t get the annulment then I would obey and stay single.

Thanks again!
 
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