agreed that if a femoid is talking to a you it's for a transaction, but they might want to genuinely have you as a long term beta orbiter therapist friend they can talk to about shit and get their oh-so-complex "feelings" off their chest. They deal with drama they can't talk to their girlfriends about and having you as their part-time therapist that always tell them things are okay and maybe even gives them advice is a win for them. If a girl starts talking to you and isn't trying to get you to pay for stuff or do her homework, don't think she likes you... she might genuinely want to keep you around for talking, but it will be on her terms so she can get shit off her chest. Expect to get ignored when she gets a real boyfriend, but she'll be right back to talk to you in-between her dating chads period. If you stop acting interested enough, she'll just go find a new set of orbiters.
It's pathetic but accepting orbiter friendzoned friendships like this I'm fine with, because it gets me closer to female contact than I'd get otherwise.