New Year – new love?
People on TikTok are claiming they’ve found a New Year’s hack to improve their love lives – but it’s actually an ancient tradition.
Izzy Dwyer posted a TikTok video of herself quickly devouring 12 grapes at midnight last New Year, followed by a cute montage of her and her boyfriend.
“Who would have thought”, she captioned the video.
She explained that she discovered #grapetheory on TikTok and tried the ritual to usher in the new year with new love.
“I saw it on TikTok [eating the 12 grapes is] it was meant to bring you luck in your love life, and I did that with three friends,” Dwyer told Metro at the time.
“One had a boyfriend and me and my other friend were single, and now we’re both in a relationship too.”
She cheekily added: ‘I guess you could say it had a 100% success rate.
Dwyer’s boyfriend isn’t so sure that eating some fruit led to their love story, but she isn’t so sure.
“I don’t think he really believed the grape theory when I told him about it. He thinks it’s a great idea, but I don’t think he believes in it, but I do,” she said.
“I would tell other singles to do the grapevine theory trend as you have nothing to lose and what’s the worst that can happen?”
But the grape theory is more than just a TikTok trend, it’s actually a centuries-old Spanish tradition called “uvas de la suerte,” which translates to “grapes of luck.”
The custom consists of eating a grape that coincides with each strike of the clock at midnight in December. 31 to wait for the new year. Each grape represents a month in the coming year.
Many cultures – mostly Hispanic – have adopted the tradition. Some have strange conditions, such as eating grapes under the table, all with the intention of bringing good luck – and love.
Liliana Tuskia also participated in the ritual last year and found herself lucky in love.
Tuskia posted a TikTok video that opens with her sitting under a table and eagerly stuffing a dozen grapes into her mouth before hosting a video of her August 2024 wedding.
“It really works,” Liliana wrote on TikTok.
She explained that she was single for four years before taking part in the tradition and getting engaged to the “love of her life” that year.
Some people are skeptical that the tradition is anything more than superstition, but one thing many can agree on is that they’re over dating apps — and open to new ways to find lifelong love.
Along with eating 12 grapes on New Year’s Eve, singles have turned to matchmaking or accepted their fate of being single.
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