We've all been blindsided a time or two in the awkward early stages of dating. Most of us lament to friends or family when a spark of attraction isn't reciprocated – and pop culture would have us believe that most of these baffled dumpees are women. Heck, Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo landed a lucrative movie deal when they started a "self-improvement" revolution geared toward confused women everywhere in their book He's Just Not That Into You.

"Mike," a man who obviously did not read that book, sent a resentful "cover letter" for a second date to a woman known only as Lauren, which showed up on Reddit this week. It was posted by someone who claims to be "several degrees of separation from this whole thing," and said names may have been changed.

Mike opens the letter by explaining he's disappointed in Lauren because she hasn't replied to his voicemail and text messages. Plural. At the end of his preface, he throws in: "By the way, I did a google search, so that's how I came across your email."

Even in this privacy-starved age, my gut reaction of "RUN, GIRL, RUN!" feels pretty justified after the first paragraph. If that wasn't enough to convince me that poor Mike was sullying any dating perspective he normally maintained, the 1500+ word finger-pointing that followed was.

To paraphrase Mike's tome, he's owed an apology because he feels led on by all the "signals" Lauren sent during their date: Playing with her hair ("a common sign of flirtation"), lots of eye contact, a nice conversation over dinner and she said "It was nice to meet you."

(I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to any waiters, dinner guests or bosses who I may have led on if the above signs are grounds for a relationship.)

But the most surprising thing about Mike's letter isn't his flawed interpretation of body language and niceties. It's that he's writing because he thinks "there is a lot of potential for a serious relationship" and wants a second date.

"You've very busy. It would be very convenient for you to date me because we have the same interests.
"If we go to classical music performances together, it wouldn't take any additional time on your part."

"If you don't want to go out again, in my opinion, you would be making a big mistake, perhaps one of the biggest mistakes in your life. If you don't want to go out again, then you should have called to tell me so. Even sending a text message would have been better than nothing. In my opinion, not responding to my messages is impolite, immature, passive aggressive, and cowardly."

Of course, the whole thing could be a cleverly-written joke by someone with a lot of time on their hands.

But Mike, if you do exist, let me save you some time and energy: She's just not that into you. And the impolite, immature, passive aggressive and cowardly in glass houses should not throw emails.

Do you think Mike's approach was simply honest or downright creepy?