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-month-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.”