Advice on knowing when a girl is shit testing you vs. just having low interest?

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All women “test” men especially early in the courtship. Many don’t even realize they are doing it but it’s part of the evolutionary dating approach with men. The more she likes you the less she does it and the easier her tests are to pass (especially if she approaches first).

To be fair men can test too. But we usually don’t intentionally do it unless we see an obvious red flag. For example if she brings up her ex in a conversation we might start listening more to see how often she mentions him. Even she is comparing us favorably to him it’s not a good sign at all. It’s unavoidable at times but if she shares too many details about him that’s a very bad sign (same vice versa)

However I dated a young beautiful fitness model a few years ago. Our first date was a workout together at an apartment gym. She was very guarded, borderline bitchy and didn’t even want to give me a hug after we were done. I thought it was a goner. The next day she texted me saying “are you married? You can just go on your way”. I then asked her where she was at which was not surprisingly the gym again. I loved to workout too so kept extra protein shakes in my car trunk. I told her I would stop by and give her one. I did it expecting absolutely nothing in return.

To my surprise her expression completely softened when I gave it to her. I just gave it to her, smiled and left (mentally kicking myself for probably being too nice). She texted me later saying she was going to “throw me a bone” and we scheduled a second date. We got dinner and made out afterwards. She fell in love with me for a while and we dated for 9 months. It didn’t end well at all but it was fun while it lasted.

So I passed a “shit test” there with flying colors. But other women just have low interest level and string guys along for their own ends. That unfortunately is a more common scenario I’ve encountered vs the success story above. So how can you tell the difference?
Advice on knowing when a girl is shit testing you vs. just having low interest?
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