She's interested if she replies but never asks questions back

A one-word answer after eight hours is different from a three-sentence reply that comes back in ten minutes. Length and speed matter way more than whether she added a question mark at the end. Some people just don't ask questions in text. They're not wired that way. If she's sending you stuff about her day, reacting to what you say, using emoji or humor, and replying fast, she's interested in the conversation. She's just not driving it. That's actually pretty normal, especially in the early stages.

If her replies are short, cold, or come after long gaps, that's when you should read it as low interest. Not because of the missing questions, but because nothing about her message suggests she's engaged.

Your move is to send messages that naturally prompt curiosity about you. Don't just respond to what she says and wait. Add something about your day, a story, an opinion, or a small detail that shows there's more to you. Give her a reason to wonder. If you only ever respond to her and mirror back what she tells you, she has no reason to ask questions. You're just confirming she exists.

The second move is to slowly shift the conversation toward things she can't answer with a short reply. Not by asking her directly, but by bringing up topics that require her to share something real if she wants to keep talking. Small stories work. Observations about things you're both experiencing work. Questions work too, but only if you actually want to know the answer, not if you're just trying to extract engagement from her.

If you've been texting for a week or two and she's still not asking questions, that's the moment to suggest a call or a hangout. Text might just not be her medium. Some people are way more talkative and curious when they can actually talk to you or see you. A fifteen-minute call will tell you more about her interest than two weeks of one-sided text replies.

If she declines the call or finds reasons not to meet up, that's your answer. If she lights up and actually engages on a call or in person, you just learned that texting isn't how she shows interest. Give it three or four attempts to move things forward. After that, if nothing changes and she's still just replying with no questions and no interest in seeing you, it's time to accept she's not that interested and move on.