What to expect when you’re not expecting.
A British woman who went on a romantic getaway with a man she met on Tinder hit some turbulence after the couple was confronted by the man’s pregnant girlfriend upon their return, Kennedy News and Media.
Madeleine Jaye, 22, thought she had met the man of her dreams in December of 2022 after matching on the popular dating app Tinder with a man she said was named Jason and who claimed he was 32 only to find out everything was not what it seemed.
“I’d never been on a Tinder date before in my life, so I was scared,” revealed the 22-year-old student. “On our first date, we met at 3 p.m. I had no intention of staying too long, and then it got to 10 p.m. and we’d just been talking the entire time.”
“We were talking about the future. We literally agreed about everything: when we want kids, what we want our lives to be like, what we want our future to be like and we matched so well,” gushed Jaye. “It sounded too good to be true, and that’s because it was.”
According to Jaye, the whirlwind romance happened so fast, that she didn’t have time to process the red flags.
“It was a whirlwind romance. The whole thing happened so fast. I didn’t get any sense that something was off,” said Jaye. “He [pretended to be] very withdrawn, he said he’s not had much luck with women, and that he’s been focused on his business but now he’s ready to find someone.”
Three months into their fairytale, Jaye and Jason decided to take a week-long trip to Spain together.
The trip came to a crashing finish when they arrived at the East Midlands Airport only to be met by Jason’s heavily pregnant and furious girlfriend and her family.
“When we landed [in East Midlands Airport], this girl walked up to him and said, ‘I’m his girlfriend, I’m giving birth in two weeks’,” recalled Jaye. “The mum and dad come over, they’re shoving camera in his face, they’re shouting at me.”
“I literally went into shock, like full-body shock. I’ve never felt anything like it,” continued Jaye. “I was not expecting it in the slightest. I was there thinking we were going to get married, and this is the guy for me, and all of a sudden he’s got this whole different life behind my back.”
According to Jaye, her ex-lover’s girlfriend reached out to her and told her that she is not the first woman that he has cheated on her with and that the man’s actually 37.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
“He lied about his last name. I Facebooked his last name, and his account showed up with pictures of him and his girlfriend,” said Jaye.
Jaye also said that she found out that Jason had another son that he had told no one about.
According to Jaye, Jason attempted to contact her after she fled the scene and tried to explain the ex was mentally unstable.
“He lied to me and said it was a crazy ex who has mental problems who had trapped him with a kid,” said Jaye. “Then he started trying to gaslight me, and said that me of all people should understand the emotional stress he’s been going through.”
Jaye posted about the whirlwind romance on her TikTok page and has since been in contact with the girlfriend.
“His girlfriend had an inkling that he was on holiday with another girl,” revealed Jaye. “She was absolutely lovely. She said this hasn’t been the first time [he cheated] and it won’t be the last time.”
“I felt awful, because I felt like a bad person even though I had nothing to do with it. I would never dream of going out with someone who has got a family,” continued Jaye. “I never wanted to be involved in any of this, and I made that clear to his girlfriend.
According to Jaye, the entire situation spooked her and has since deleted Tinder for good.
“I feel like I have no trust in any man now really.”
Jaye issued a warning saying that if a romance is too good to be true, it usually is and to trust your gut.
“If it’s too good to be true, it probably will be. And always trust your gut,” said Jaye.