Happily divorced?

In the eyes of God you're still married. There is no divorce once a valid marriage has taken place, I hate to tell you.

Married to non-Catholic in my backyard.....happily divorced 

It's not funny. Marriage in your backyard is also valid.

No, a marriage in a backyard is USUALLY invalid because this will USUALLY involve defect of form, i.e., one or both persons are Catholic and are attempting marriage before a non-Catholic witness without dispensation and will often involve invalid consent and/or vows.
These days many divorced Catholics will say that they received an "anullment" when , in fact, what was received was an ecclesiastical acknowledgement of defect of form.
On the flip side, defect of form, while invalidating, can be easily corrected through a process of sanation (regularising the marriage back to its defective start) or convalidation (having the parties presently exchange proper consent and vows before a proper ecclesiastical witness).
A decree of nullity (or recognition of validity) is a canonical ruling in a formal matrimony case before a tribunal. A decree of defect of form does not require a formal matrimonal case and can usually be determined prima facie by the civil marriage license or non-Catholic wedding certificate.

No, a marriage in a backyard is USUALLY invalid because this will USUALLY involve defect of form, i.e., one or both persons are Catholic and are attempting marriage before a non-Catholic witness without dispensation and will often involve invalid consent and/or vows.
These days many divorced Catholics will say that they received an "anullment" when , in fact, what was received was an ecclesiastical acknowledgement of defect of form.
On the flip side, defect of form, while invalidating, can be easily corrected through a process of sanation (regularising the marriage back to its defective start) or convalidation (having the parties presently exchange proper consent and vows before a proper ecclesiastical witness).
A decree of nullity (or recognition of validity) is a canonical ruling in a formal matrimony case before a tribunal. A decree of defect of form does not require a formal matrimonal case and can usually be determined prima facie by the civil marriage license or non-Catholic wedding certificate.

Yep...that's why I'm still happily divorced.  BTW, I was the defendant in the divorce.  

Single, hermit-like Polish rooted bearly human male
Tried in the places I could to fulfill a vocation within Traditional Catholicism. It got to the point where there was place subjectively to fulfill my vocation and my age and health further ruled out any possibility. I never had the calling to married life, and again after all the vocational forays were exhausted, age and health firmly closed that door.

I wish I could retire as a layman to a monastery or religious house and live out the remainder of my days as a lay apostle.

Hmm, similar female here. I guess one might call me a hermitess, only half Polish!  The other half Irish.  Ending my days in a convent or truly Catholic home would suit me fine.  But if history is any guide, God always changes my goals, no matter how well planned.  So it’s whatever He wants.  

For 43 years i was married to a wife sent to me by God. We reared two boys and three girls. Three girls married now with seven grandchildren. All 5 go to TLM thanks to the example they got from their mother (and father). Since my Liz died I am heartbroken and the longer it goes on the more I miss her. I am waiting to die when God wills it. This has led me deeper into my faith, to make sure I get to heaven and to hope that God will join us again in heaven. Jesus has his mother and foster father so I hope heaven will bring saved families back together for all eternity.

Looks like there's lots of males and females who describe themselves as "unmarried, do not expect to marrry."

For those who describe themselves thusly, simply for lack of prospects, perhaps some of these people should reach out to each other?

At the moment, there are 11 males and 8 females who describe themselves as such.

I check "do not expect to marry" because I think it means more like if you're engaged or at least in courtship now, and I'm not.

I suppose I’m statistically abnormal since I was widowed at age 43. I have 9 children; youngest is 3. I’m curious to read the original post that inspired this poll to possibly understand the motives behind it…