Yes it does clarify,you shed more light on this time than your title "I have a philippine girlfriend" and
was for me to ask her to be my girlfriend. I did and she accepted.
It was then that she explained to me that she could not
??? Neither of which sounded jokey or lighthearted,my apologies but I guess time has hardened or innured me to these sort of tales as they all roll into one and seem similar,good luck in whatever you decide to do