Hi John, welcome to the forum. Has she said what the money is for? Whens her next wage due? If its at the end of the month it sounds like she's going to struggle every month. If she's on a low paid income she may well be skint. Maybe she wasn't prepared for how expensive things are here. It's not unusual for a filipina to work abroad and send money back home. something like 10% the population work abroad, mostly to support their family.
If you do fall in love you have to consider your long terms plans together, but there's people on this forum, I think, who are having successful relationships where theres kids back home in phils.