Did I err?

So I’ve been thinking.
When I called the girl yesterday, at no point did she suggest I call back later. That was me. I’m worried now that this was just a brush-off. She doesn’t really want me to call.
Let’s face it, when it comes to women, I’m hopelessly confused. I can’t pick up signals to save my life. For all I know, she only wanted to get together for a one night stand on Saturday, and I didn’t figure it out.
I’ve noticed that I have an easier time speaking with married women. At least with them I know that nothing is going to happen, so I can relax. I’d like to relax around all women, but really, it’s not going to happen.
The music I’m listening to seems oddly appropriate.
I would love, once in my life, to be able to pick up a girl successfully. Just so I can know how to do it properly. The Continuing Education courses never seem to teach anything useful. “Picking up loose women for beginners”, “Level of attention to give a girl, the safe zone between creepy stalker and just not interested”, and “Reading women for geeks”.
To top it all off, the newspaper had an article about how there are a large number of single people in Canada, and a lot of them have accepted that they will never marry. That was not the pick me up I was looking for.