I am straight forward no-nonsense guy who tends to move on as soon as a woman I am interacting with does some erratic behavior aka shit tests. In my current living situation (Austrian dude living in the States for work-related further education until late December 2024)) I have nothing to gain from playing some mind games. I approach just for fun and some short casual acquaintances are the most I could attain as a short-term resident. For that, there is no need to deal with one woman to long. I just prefer to play the numbers game and see how far I can get.

So far so good but recently there have been some discussions about shit tests and mind games and some dudes here seem to think that such tests are part of the game so to speak.

Am I wrong to brush off such tests and it would be really important to learn to play such games in the long run to mature as a person?

What are your thoughts about that matter?