Well, there are worse offenses than this little testing thing that goes on. Women don't have it easy in selecting a good man. Besides the more jerky ones, there are many guys who are fakes, for example. Women also know that a man that is too agreeable is probably either conniving or too weak.
Tests like this are not all that bad, especially since I started being able to recognize them. I don't blame women for testing a man's mettle, though some go overboard on it and that isn't good (nor appealing to me).
You are sooo right about there being worse offenses! :) And yeah, it isn't easy to find a good man sometimes. (I got lucky when I was young!)
When I was dating a guy that was too agreeable, it definitely didn't pass the smell test with me. In my experience, it usually meant that they were conniving, not weak. The weak ones have a different sort of aura about them...I pitied them, really. The conniving ones just scared me.
One other thing...it's a piece of advice that was passed to me, and I think it's equally valid for men. Every failed relationship you've been in has one thing in common...you. It doesn't mean that the person has done anything wrong, or that they are a bad person. It may just be that they are dating the wrong sort of person for the expectations they have, that they don't REALLY know what it is that they want out of a relationship, or (as in my case) weren't demanding enough of themselves, or accepting less than what they deserve.
This isn't directed at you, HNY...I think I remember you saying on a different thread that you have a steady girlfriend. :) I'm just throwing it out there for consideration.