Tinder surprise! Man who was turned down for a date because his match was in hospital having a BABY leaves Twitter in hysterics

While many of us would feel downcast at being turned down for a Tinder date, one man's potential love interested had a very good reason - because she was having a baby.

Brad Galloway, from Richmond, North Yorkshire, has caused something of a Twitter storm after sharing a screenshot of his conversation with a match on the dating app. 

When he asked his potential date what she was up to on New Year's Eve, she told him: 'Having my baby'.  

The chat has unsurprisingly gone viral with 127,000 likes. 

One Twitter user posted a picture of a woman's painted baby bump simply captioned, 'Tinder Surprise,' while another penned, 'Stop it. I have no words.'  

Brad Galloway, from Richmond, North Yorkshire, received the hilarious response on New Year's Eve

Brad captioned the post saying 'no fun this Tinder.' It has since gone viral and has been liked over 127, 000 times by amused social media users

Brad started off the chat with a fairly mundane question of: 'What are you doing today?'.

The shocked man probably assumed his potential date would reply saying she was out down the pub with friends or at a family gathering, but instead she responded: 'Am in hospital.'

Caring Brad checked that she wasn't hurt in any way...but nothing could have prepared him for her reply.   

'Having my baby ah,' she said. 'Gutted I'm not out tonight.'

One Twitter user posted a joke picture which has been liked 598 times, which simply states 'Tinder Surprise' 

The reaction on Twitter ranged from shock and outrage to pure laughter as people couldn't believe the reason as to why the woman couldn't make the date

Captioning the screenshot of his chat, Brad captioned it 'No fun this Tinder.'

The funny message has now been retweeted over 21,000 times and has been liked by a staggering 127, 000 Twitter users. 

'Gutted she's not going out. Wow,' said one user, gobsmacked by the reply, while another put the response down to 'modern dating.'

Others commented 'Oh my Christ' and 'brilliant' - summing up the unexpected reply perfectly. 

Meanwhile, a large proportion of people were so flabbergasted, no words could sum up their reaction - just pure laughter.

'HAHAHAHAHAHA,' wrote two users, while another added  'LOOOOL.'    

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Many gobsmacked Twitter users who saw the post turned to laughter expressions including crying face emojis to express their reaction