Lost interest so quickly. Am I selfish?

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I have a tendency to ramble, but I'll try to make this story concise.

So, I take a girl out on a fun, low-pressure date. At least, I thought it was a date, about halfway through our outing she asks me why I didn't invite any of my other friends to come with us. Apparently she thought it was just "hanging out" or something.

This has never happened to me. Literally dozens of times in the past, I would ask females (and males) if they wanted to join me (and hopefully others) on friendly outings, but my attempts at making friends would get mistaken as romantic advances. I've made a pretty awful reputation for myself that way, and alienated myself from a social group or two.

You can imagine my surprise when this girl gave me the opposite reaction. The good news is, when I explained to her that the night was supposed to be a date, she wasn't offended or angry at me. She agreed to go out with me again sometime.

I guess I should happy about this, but quite honestly, I've lost interest now. I haven't been in a big hurry to schedule anything with her. I haven't had a lot of good experiences with dating, if I even got that far, because of being an Asperger. It seems like I was more interested in just knowing that someone would say "yes" after spending time with me.

I'm still going to take her somewhere, because I said I would, but I don't feel all that interested in going in further. I feel kind of selfish.

Anyone else ever have a similar experience?

It's not selfish, you only had 1 friendly date.

But I really feel you need to ask yourself if your non-desire to consider this second outing a date is really just your fear of how it will play out. I've had several bad experiences dating myself, but I always try my best to keep an open mind for future good experiences. Just go with an open mind and a positive attitude, nothing has to happen.

Just be honest about your intentions. Don't pretend that you want something serious. If she gets the wrong impression, kindly let her know that you want to keep things casual so that she has a choice about whether or not to continue dating you.

Just a theory but maybe your not interested because subconsciously your worried that she agreed to go out with you again out of obligation or guilt over misinterpreting your intentions.

Nothing wrong with deciding you don't want to be with someone after 1 or 2 dates. That's what dates are for, really. No huge commitment, so if you don't feel anything you should just say so and break things off amicably. Stringing someone along that you aren't really into isn't fair to them, really. Better to avoid any kind of misunderstanding early on.

Don't worry, ladies do it all the time.

Thank you all for your insights.