all my excuses if this is treated somewhere in the sidebar. redirect me to the right post i that is the case.

what are the most likely explanations for the following behavior from a woman you're banging/seeing routinely for a few months:

does things that indicate very high interest besides sex, and a will to get to LTR status*, BUT...when that status is almost completely accomplished, pulls back a little and cools things down for a week or so. Accompanied by words that seem to declare a more "independent" posture than what her actions show.

Woman in her early 30's, more of the "career" type, confident of her seductive potential yet honest and conscious about her looks (6/7 depending on your scale, and not ascending)

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*nb, for me, LTR "status", requires:

-Having as much social life together as alone, and, a a result, being known widely as a couple not only by the closest friends and family, but also the outer circle: acquaintances and not so close friends.

-as adults, an implicit (or explicit!) assumption that when the testing/vetting phase is over on both sides, the two people stay together to pursue a common goal, and not just for sake of infatuation (for 99,99% humans, that means kids, house, etc..).

-some kind of exclusivity talk or other arrangement that has the same purpose (the two keeping "the common goal" as main focus despite occasional, not very intense infatuations and sexual desires for strangers)