“He blocked her on Instagram?” wrote one in disbelief. “He dumped her by TEXT? Oh wow. Emma, you deserve so much better.”

Another added: “I’d have gone to the loo and left him at the table.”

However Emma did no such thing: instead, she decided to sit through the meal – and, come the end of it all, she explained to Peter exactly why she would never date him again. Ever.

“I don't think you realised the impact [that dumping me like that] had on me,” she told him, adding that she viewed it as a form of betrayal.

“At the time, you didn't [think about my feelings] and because of that I wouldn't date you again.

“I just don't think I would trust you.”

First Dates viewers praise woman for confronting man who dumped her by text