First off every Catholic know an annulment recognizes an objective fact. It does not change reality. So everyone who ever suffered through an annulment only did so for the sake of church law not because they were married and needed it undone. Anyone who doesn’t want to go through it and believes there first marriage isn’t valid has at least a leg to stand on in my mind: only they and God know the truth.
That's not true. Many annulments that have been appealed and subsequently have been reversed.