AIO for feeling manipulated by a match on Tinder

I really need an outside perspective because I feel weird and kind of confused after something that recently happened.

I (29m) matched with a girl (26f) on Tinder. Everything was normal at first — we moved our conversation to Telegram. At some point she sent me a short video message where she was basically biting her finger in a flirty way. I replied lightly, something like: “I didn’t expect this to be flirting, you usually give off a more innocent vibe…” — nothing serious, just keeping it playful.

Right after that she immediately asked, “What do you mean by innocent vibe?” So I tried to explain in simple terms. I even gave a harmless comparison like, “You know how Bella was acting around Edward at the beginning of Twilight?” Just trying to keep the atmosphere relaxed.

But instead of just taking the explanation, she kept pushing and pushing, asking again and again what exactly I meant. I explained the same thing in different ways, but she insisted she didn’t understand. I was multitasking at the time, so I was getting confused myself.

Then she suddenly said that I was giving her “emotional rollercoasters,” that I wasn’t able to explain myself clearly, and that I could’ve just said, “You like me and you want me.” She literally told me I could just repeat that.

So, because I was busy and tired, I literally repeated her own words back to her — almost word for word. And immediately she replied something like, “You said it with sarcasm.”

From that point everything became absurd. She kept twisting what I said, denying obvious things, and acting like I was the one confusing her. I started telling her that something felt off, that it felt like she was playing some weird game with double meanings. She would always deny it or say things like, “I’m about to cry,” while sending a video where she was clearly not crying and almost smiling.

Then she randomly said something like, “I think I understand why you have problems with women and why beautiful girls leave you.”

This came out of nowhere. And the funny part is — I only mentioned “losing beautiful girls” earlier as a joke, a flirt, nothing serious at all. She took that and used it against me.

Eventually she said, “I don’t like to make decisions too quickly, but I think something isn’t working between us. Either we talk tomorrow or we stop talking altogether.” Basically an ultimatum.

At that point I snapped and said, “Lets stop talking.”

Now I’m just left with this strange feeling like I got mentally flipped upside down.

Can someone help me understand what was happening here? Was this manipulation? A test? Something else?

I feel a bit lost and honestly a little drained.