Sure, but it basically takes 2-5 years and costs $8-10k. It’s possible, but a complete pain in the ass. Which is why most couples there simply separate and start new families.
Yes. I know a couple of people who’ve gotten annulments, and it was pricey. But, I think saying there’s no divorce in the Philippines without qualifying it, makes marriage sound a lot more ominous and oppressive than it actually is there
Do you know the criteria for getting an annulment granted in the Philippines? I know it’s a super Catholic country but not sure if the process for annulment is a government thing or via the church or both.
It is ominous. I’ve met dozens of women who are absolutely stuck for life. If I was raising a family there and had a daughter, I’d tell her never to marry a pinoy in the Philippines. Just live together. Which is what young people are doing there now to avoid the trap. Men can marry without consequences. They just hop to the next girl and start a new family.
That’s accurate. When I first heard there was no divorce, though, I imagined a society with morality police, prison and lashings. It’s not that. But obviously, legalizing divorce would be much more equitable
Sure, but it basically takes 2-5 years and costs $8-10k. It’s possible, but a complete pain in the ass. Which is why most couples there simply separate and start new families.
Yes. I know a couple of people who’ve gotten annulments, and it was pricey. But, I think saying there’s no divorce in the Philippines without qualifying it, makes marriage sound a lot more ominous and oppressive than it actually is there
Do you know the criteria for getting an annulment granted in the Philippines? I know it’s a super Catholic country but not sure if the process for annulment is a government thing or via the church or both.
It is ominous. I’ve met dozens of women who are absolutely stuck for life. If I was raising a family there and had a daughter, I’d tell her never to marry a pinoy in the Philippines. Just live together. Which is what young people are doing there now to avoid the trap. Men can marry without consequences. They just hop to the next girl and start a new family.
That’s accurate. When I first heard there was no divorce, though, I imagined a society with morality police, prison and lashings. It’s not that. But obviously, legalizing divorce would be much more equitable