It all starts out so simply - boy meets girl at the Philharmonic, boy asks girl to go on date, date does not go well, girl ignores boy's incessant calls and psychotic emails, girl gets fed up and posts 1,615 word email on internet, email goes viral.

Beware the perils of dating in the 21st Century, as one New Yorker found out when she agreed to go on a - what she deemed 'horrific' - date with an investment banker called Mike.

When Lauren didn't call Mike back, he felt the only course of action was to Google stalk her to find an email address and proceed to write a lengthy letter as to why