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Dude, to be honest I think I wussed out. The night was going to perfect and I think I built an expectation for it. lol, we stopped at X-Mart and bought her a sexy nightingale outfit. But whatever, we live and we learn.
This happened to me once a long time ago, and it never happened again
This was a great moment to learn for you, because (I assume) THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN!! Next time you'll remember this bummer and you WILL escalate. So take this as a great lesson. One of those situations that you must have been through to become a better ladiesman.
Escalate whenever you can.. If you go too fast for her, she'll let you know and you take a step back and start again.. 2 steps up, 1 step back... the basics

You'll be able to calibrate it after a while.
And you can get rid of those high expectations by dating more girls. In that way it'll be more easy to be indifferent to the outcome.