Talk about a pregnant pause.
When an expecting mother in the United Kingdom asked the internet to help her locate the man who got her pregnant during a one-night stand, she never expected to be told he was dead.
“Anyone know this guy from Glasgow?,” questioned 8-months pregnant mom Sarah-Jayne Snow, 30, from Edinburgh, Scotland, on her now-trending TikTok appeal.
In a viral video, which has already amassed more than 2 million views, Snow explained that she and her mystery lover met during a brief trip to Spain’s Canary Islands, a favored getaway destination for Britons off the coast of West Africa — during the first week of August 2022.
“To the guy I met in Tenerife,” she captioned the clip, which showed the mystery man kissing her on the cheek.
“You’re going to be a dad in April 2023,” Snow added, showing snapshots of her ultrasound.
She stamped with her post with the hashtag #HelpMeFindHim — a popular prompt with over 290 million views that, in separate instances, has inspired TikTok users to assist online strangers in reconnecting with their long lost loved ones.
But Snow wasn’t so lucky.
Rather than assisting her in finding the expecting father’s whereabouts, cheeky TikTokers instead offered their condolences, claiming the guy’s name was Steve — and that he’d just been tragically killed.
“Rip Steve, terrible car crash,” one virtual mourner commented.
“Steve!! He died 2 weeks ago unfortunately,” said another.
“One of my last conversations with Steve was him telling me he can’t wait to be a Dad one day. Fly high buddy, gone too soon.”
But the mom-to-be isn’t convinced the lost Lothario has actually passed away — and some commenters agree, with one suggesting that Steve’s so-called death is nothing more than a ruse to protect the unknown man from being saddled with an unplanned baby and, eventually, child support.
“It’s a joke… his name’s probably not Steve and he’s probably not dead,” penned the whistleblower.
And when asked if she’d made any progress in her search for the man, Snow said, “[I have] not heard from him or anyone he knows,” in her comments.
She added, “I didn’t find him, No. But still got DNA testing when my son’s born in 6 weeks so I’m sure I’ll find him.”
Snow plans to submit a sample of her baby’s genes to one of the popular mail-order genetic testing services, in order to find the man and his close relatives.
And to critics who questioned Snow about her due date — many suggesting that she might have miscalculated the time of conception, and was looking for the wrong guy — she clapped back saying, “TRUST, I wouldn’t humiliate myself online if I didn’t know it was him.”