I find it interesting that you don’t consider your marriage to be a “real” marriage, yet you have been wanting to save it for so long and wanted her to have a change of heart and was hoping for a Hail Mary. What exactly made your marriage “not real”
The marriage to my ex was not a religious ceremony. He is Roman Catholic. One who doesn’t practice . His OWW is a Catholic she wanted a marriage in a Catholic Church. Well, guess what. Me and my ex’s marriage wasn’t considered real because it wasn’t in the Catholic Church” so he got married to his affair partner like nothing ever happened under the eyes of the Catholic Church. Full of hypocrisy. I personally find Catholicism the most hypocritical religion out there, of course, my personal opinion. You are a sinner and a saint only when it’s convenient with a loop hole around every bad behavior.
Anyways, why is the 7 years of your marriage that bore 2 kids, not “real” . Is that in your eyes or the churches eyes ?