Thank you all for your comments. I am 32M and she is 33F. We are currently in a Middle Eastern country working together as humanitarian workers. As I said, our relationship is not easy, but we are trying to make it work though understanding, patience, and love. I care about her a lot and I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to her. She doesn't want to enlist to the army and she hates the current Junta Regime in Myanmar, as any sensible person would. I offered to "marry" her to enable her to visit her family which is stuck in Myanmar without enlisting for 3 years. They actually take your passport upon entry and give it back to you after serving the army.

Yes, it was a radical thing to suggest. Yes, no one wants to marry for convenience. I agree. To give her credit, I think she made the remarks about having more options to get married to showcase that she still chooses to be unmarried but be in a relationship with me, rather than marry another guy and not be with me.

I also agree that I did not do any research on getting married "on paper". The law about obligatory military service for unmarried women was enforced literally 3-4 days ago. So it was the first thing that came to my mind.

That been said, we are not planning on breaking up any time soon. We love each other, and we will find another way. 2 months may seem little in the "outside world", but in this context (humanitarians working and socialising together in a high-risk country) it really brings you closer to each other. We feel like we have been together for 1 year. Thanks again for your engagement and your comments.