I just went on a first date with a girl, solid 8 and it actually went pretty great overall. She told me how great I look and even offered to buy my food. I kept frame the whole time and just had a good time.

Now after the date is when this anger and disappointment hit me. I started thinking back on the hundreds of redpill posts and articles that I’ve read. I realized that a good thing like this will never last for long if I were to pursue it. I don’t even feel like putting anymore energy, time or money into furthering things with her because what’s the point in it? When I’m around other people I can act just fine and play pretend, but I have a deep distrust towards dating women. Just knowing how they typically operate on hypergamy and being manipulative makes me wonder what is the point in all of this? Why bother at all with women, is all of this effort to bust a nut?

I’ve read about the anger phase before but actually going through it is much worse than you think it will feel. If anybody could post some advice or share some experiences with this I’d really appreciate it.