Sometimes teasing is a female's crude way of flirting. Its their way of **** testing you. Its all about checking your 'armor'.
It does depend. So without being there and seeing the interaction its hard to exactly tell you what it IS.
But it can be that she has feelings for you. In fact, I think if she thought you were weird or didnt want to be around you she wouldnt tease, she would avoid you actually.
So in this case, I believe there are some feelings for you. But oftentimes, females are very conflicted. She may feel some attraction to you, but she's looking for a way to negate you. Something to make her feel that youre not that special?
So she's kind of trying to deal with her emotions for you.
And because she doesnt have much experience dealing with men, she does this with them. Not understanding that teasing is something men take seriously. In man world, and man speak teasing is an offense.
We only tolerate it if the person doing it has our respect, and we have a very deep trust and bond with them.
Another thing to consider is that she's trying to see what makes you tick. Its about finding out your reactions, really. How do you react to this? how would you react to that? Its female fact finding a lot of times.
This is a typical female reaction. And its usually quite awkward.
They dont really know what to do with men. So this weird teasing thing comes out , thinking that we somehow enjoy it. But we dont.
Teasing often comes from a lack of respect. And men usually read it as such.
She could be nervous around you. And she has so much pride that she doesnt want to let on that she's uncomfortable dealing with you. She's trying to hide her insecurity, so in order to appear confident, she will tease you. After all, a person that was timid, insecure, etc wouldnt be so bold and daring to tease someone else, would they?
So she might be trying to hide her insecurity.
Another thing that she may be trying, awkwardly, is trying to Banter with you. She wants to see if you have that kind of witty, charming comeback to banter with her. And that often attracts women.
Women seem to find a playful back and forth banter as attractive.
So it could be her version of being playful with you.
Some female simply dont understand men. And dont understand that men have emotional complexity to them. So they think that all men are superficial and wouldnt be offended by teasing. But we sometimes are.
So, again, theres that thing that females have where they want to test your metal, as it were. They want to see if you crack, and how you crack.
This gives them and idea of your emotional capacity, and how you handle stress.
That **** testing is all about finding out about you. So that may be a good sign for you.
Females are just programmed to be inquisitive about you, and find out information about you for their safety. Its all about finding out if they will be safe with you.
Well, I offered a few things to think about. Again, its hard to be able to say without having seen the interaction, and know her expressions , etc.
If this subject comes up, just say something like you dont appreciate being teased like that . You find it disrespectful, and not humorous.
If she had a closer bond with you, and you had more trust in her, and a deeper relationship with her, you would trust that she wasnt being mean , she was just being awkwardly playful, and you would understand.
But that you dont appreciate that behavior from her because you simply dont have as deep a bond there.
Thats where you introduce making your bond with her deeper, and develop something more meaningful with her, or not, if youre not interested.
I would like to add, that in a certain context teasing a man could be a female who really is cynical, and condescending of men. So in worst case scenario, it could just be that she has had a few bad interactions, and relationships with men, and has become the typical "I hate all men. All men are pigs. There are no good men.All men are stupid. Blah blah blah..." thing going on. So that may also be a factor unfortunately. Hopefully it isnt in this case.
Good luck.
. Next time she does it ill just walk away, use my actions and not my words. Plus that would reinforce my words any way.