I read some of your posts emrn and i`m hoping that you`ll be reunited with your love one soon.
You are right, annulment is not for the faint of heart, it`s expensive and there are a lot of cases being heard in the Family Courts making the process very long, years actually if you`re unlucky.
My fiance and i lived together for 10 months, 2 months shy of the required 12 months for common law and i`m a Filipino citizen so we opted for an annulment and get married next year. Keep on posting, i know there are a lot of Filipinos out there who are in the same situation as us and we can give them a little encouragement.