If you’re entering yet another new year single, you’re not alone. This will be the sixth year I have not had a boyfriend and I got to tell you: I’m ready for that to change. Now, I’ve already done therapy and healing and loving myself and blah blah blah. I’ve also started going to singles events and redownloading dating apps — basically, I’ve done everything I can to logically get a partner. But just to make sure my bases are extra covered, this year I’ve decided to dabble in a more superstitious checklist to try and get a boyfriend.
I like to consider myself a pretty superstitious person. I don’t split the pole with my friends, I’ll knock on wood just in case, and you will always catching me making a wish at 11:11. So it only makes sense that I incorporate some of my superstitious beliefs into one of my New Year’s resolutions: getting into a relationship.
Now, you’ve probably seen some of these superstitions already on TikTok, but I decided to put them all in one place so that you can do everything you can to make sure you find the love of your life in 2025.
Here are a few things you can do on NYE to maximize your chances of love this year.
@raab.angie♥️ one of the best suprises this year♬ we broke up lol – gatchi
Wear Red Underwear
In Spain and Italy, wearing red undies on New Year’s Eve is basically a love spell for the year ahead. But heads up: They have to be new. No one said romance starts with your old, stretched-out granny panties.
Eat 12 Grapes At Midnight
The Spanish don’t just pop champagne at midnight — they also pop 12 grapes, one for every stroke of the clock. Each grape is like a little manifestation snack for a lucky month in the new year. Word on the street is, if you’re single, this tradition might help you manifest a boo. In some Caribbean countries, this doesn’t work unless you eat the grapes underneath a table.
Eating Pomegranates
If you want to manifest love and abundance, grab a pomegranate. In Greek culture, smashing a pomegranate at midnight or just eating its jewel-like seeds is thought to bring luck, love, and prosperity. Plus, it’s basically the OG aphrodisiac, so consider it a romantic double whammy.
Eat Black Eyed Peas
No, not the band. In the Southern U.S., black-eyed peas are a New Year’s Eve must-eat for good luck and financial blessings. And hey, maybe that luck will extend to your love life — because who doesn’t want to meet someone rich and charming?
Have A Man Walk Through Your Door
Known as “first-footing” in Scotland, this superstition says the first person to enter your home after midnight sets the tone for your year. Ideally, it’s a tall, dark, and handsome man carrying gifts. If that’s not a rom-com setup waiting to happen, I don’t know what is.
Kiss Someone At New Years
The midnight kiss isn’t just something random and cutesy that people do — it’s actually rooted in superstition. A smooch as the clock strikes 12 supposedly guarantees romance for the year ahead. No kiss? No love life. (I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them.) So yeah, start scouting your target early.
