So I was out drinking at the bar last night with some friends and it was overall a fun night. I was having some beers and chatting with people and a girl to my left starts chatting with me and I found her very attractive. The conversation started pretty well but at a certain point she started to use shit tests and I couldn’t think of an answer. Being a high functioning autistic, I usually can mask it in superficial conversations pretty well, but banter like this I can’t understand. At a certain point it just came across like she was being kind of rude and I just went completely silent. I think she was just playfully teasing but I simply don’t know how to respond. Anyways she eventually sort of lost interest in conversing with me and went out to smoke and then I didn’t see her again. While leaving my buddy asks what happened to that girl you were talking to, she seemed interested and I was just like well, I guess she wasn’t. This is a common trap I get into with girls. I often assume they’re not interested and with the autism it’s already hard to pick up on interest from nonverbal cues. Because of this, I have no confidence in escalating or conversation with women I’m attracted to. There are other women at the bar I like talking to, but since I’m not attracted to them I don’t have the same barrier. Anyone know a solution to this? How to improve my banter?