I will try to the best of my ability
@oldmanofthesea . I’m postulating and extrapolating but I’ll give me best advice...
Q1: How does a man know he will be sexually compatible with a girl if they don't have sex until after he has legally commit to her (IE how does he know she won't allow sex more than once a month and when she does, that she won't just lie on her back like a dead fish and ask him to please hurry up and not make a mess)?
Answer: He can’t know entirely. The best insurance against this is desire. As in mutual desire. A woman’s body cannot lie if she is turned on. Nor can a man’s. Desire drives everything and she should be desirous of him even if she is exercising self control. It also helps to discuss expectations, especially if sex might not be in the immediate offing. The discussion should happen outside the bedroom, not in it.
Q2: How does a man know that this woman truly likes him, romantically, and is not just stringing him along for attention and/or validation?
Answer: Again, desire. Effort. Kindness and caring. Thoughtfulness. Consideration. Physical touch and wanting to please him and care for him. Ask questions like what if I lost everything and it’s just us...watch her expression. Read her responses...
Q3: How does a man know she isn't asexual?
Answer: Desire. If she’s hot and bothered and aroused she is not asexual. Now. Some women, if inexperienced may not really know how to relax and received pleasure...they may feel uncertainty or shame around sex or acute shyness about their body. So here trust in you as the man becomes extremely important...this is where you can lead, guide, reassure.
Q4: How does a man know she isn't a lesbian and just hasn't realized it yet?
Answer: She is desirous of you.
See the theme? Desire. That underpins everything. Desire, trust and communication are the key elements in my experience and estimation.
And as a man it is best you do not put her on a pedestal and just make love to her tenderly. That robs you of the fvck her into submission passion and it robs her too. And if you cannot objectify her enough to fvck her silly? Somebody is eventually going to shop elsewhere to satisfy that primal urge. You will (because my wife won’t do that), or she will once she realizes what truly primal desire is...
I think a great deal of cheating happens for exactly that reason. Desire must be primal and raw in nature. Not entirely...but that element needs to be part of the mix or someone is going to get bored in time...
Your 23 year old woman, for whatever reason did not behave in a desirous manner toward you. Maybe it’s a shame or shyness thing. Her discomfort to discuss it suggests that was perhaps part of it.
Sometimes women need coaxing to create arousal. But her resistance to deep tongue kisses would suggest lack of desire...especially if you as an experienced lover have had positive feedback about your kissing from other women...
Your gut may be spot on.