Why Can't I Get a Date?

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If this sounds like a rant, i'm sorry....
i am a 19yo straight male, who has never had a "real" date, what i mean is.
take this example from last friday night... a girl that i work with (shall remain nameless) asked me if i wanted to go to a indie rock concert at a local underground club, i said yes
(a SEVERE lapse in my predictable judgement) but i had a good time, and even got into a mosh pit, (i never do that) i was trying to get out of my predictable boring self, and i suceeded for a couple hours, on the way home we stopped ina parking lot behind the mall (after hours), she grabbed me and kissed me (that's all... seriously), then she took me home. the next day i was having second thoughts about the sincerety of the date, granted we had been good friends for almost a year, but something was amiss, come to find out, she had asked every guy at work to go with her, because her father has a rule that she cannot go to a club, without someone with her. the next day at work, she was stone cold to me, i asked her if she wanted to do something next weekend (now today) but she told me she had to "clean her fishtank". come to find out, she was just using me, to go out.

but, things have always been like this, i cannot get a date, people tell me to cheer up and realize "you're only 19, you have your whole life and somoeone will come along"
bullshite, dont they watch movies like "ameican pie"? I am missing a rite of passage, not by choice, by force. Me and my aspie self could never be able to drive a car so i missed that rite of passage. I am missing out on so much, do you know what i am going to do after work tonight when everyone else from work is out enjoying themselves? i am going to sit at home, put a frozen dinner in the microwave, and listen to some emo music. when people at work tell me about the time that they had last night, i want to beat the living s**t out of them for "rubbing it in my face all the damn time". I do not have depression, but there are times when i just get sad/lonely, usually in the evenings,

in american society, it is shameful to be 19 and still a virgin, it is every man's RIGHT to have children, for once, it was not the U.S. government who did not deprive me of this right.

Taking the Lord's name in vain, to me is much more vulgar than the word "f**k" but last saturday, i almost used it, for the first time since 6th grade when i hit my thumb with a hammer, during shop class.

Call me cynical but i hate love.

thank you for your time in reading this.

That's surprising. At my old job everyone knew about everyone else's love life because most of the people there had big mouths. You just need to get yourself out there more. Going to a concert is a big step, and you're already ahead of people on this site so don't feel so bad. Look up threads of people that have never been kissed. I'm a 21-year-old virgin in America, and I don't feel too pressured to lose it now. It also helps that I don't take love advice from movies such as American Pie. Everyone does have the right to have children, but are you even in the position to take care of a child right now? As far as going out with your co-workers, have you ever asked to go with them?

edited because it's too early in the morning to write.

thanx sorce, as a matter of fact, i have asked around, ususally i get a blank stare or even a "what the hell are you thinking?" everyone is taken

Yeah, you sound kind of like me at that age. Sigh... romance can be extremely frustrating and bad for the self-esteem. Unfortunately, that doesn't keep the hormones in check. I don't know, I think a lot of people get a creepy/wierd vibe from us. That and... some people think it is OK to take advantage of us since we don't immediately understand what is going on.

I lost my virginity with a fellow "disturbed" virgin girl two months before I turned 19 (she was 19 at the time). Heh, we are still dating (thought we've slept with other people at points). Annoyingly, sex gets easier to find when you aren't looking for it anymore.

i am 19, never had a real date either (or even a fake one) mostly because since i left school i never talk to any girls.

having the confidence to go to a club is a lot better than me m8

i think things will work out eventually..

The incident with the girl kissing you in the car park sounds suspect to me. Are you sure she was just using you to go out? It's not like she had to kiss you to get you to come out with her... maybe she is attracted to you and is denying it for some messed up reason.

If it's that big a deal for you, maybe you should just get an escort and get it over with. That might even be better, because there will be no social akwardness; she'll leave afterwards.