This wasn’t that long after that since my divorce was final in 1985. It took a long time(1 1/2 years) to get it because we had lived and married in New York state, when I left I returned to Ohio and in the mean time he had dissappared once he figured out I wasn’t coming back and my Dad wanted to kill him.My biggest problem was getting over being raised Catholic and you didn’t divorce besides being too young to be married.Came home got a job ran into an old boyfriend got remaried in 1986 and all is still well. :)
Sounds like you might have had grounds for an annulment. I'm happy you were able to break free, and finally found happiness.