Generation Z is ditching dating apps and looking for love on TikTok by making ‘app videos’ for potential suitors.
Fed up with theft and casual hookups, Generation Z has become increasingly skeptical about the modern state of dating: many are desperately seeking new methods of finding a partner and others are even giving up on the search for love altogether.
Now, a new dating trend circulating on social media has young people posting boyfriend or girlfriend ‘requests’, offering themselves or their loved ones to the rest of the world.
Several have taken to TikTok to offer themselves as open to a relationship, and some have even written their ‘pros and cons’ to potential suitors, along with photos and videos of them looking their best.
The creators then list what they are looking for in a romantic partner and wait for love seekers to arrive.
And it seems to be working: Dozens of particularly admirable creators have received thousands of comments from hopeful love interests.
A British creator, mollymaybrissettx, posted a video just before Christmas saying: ‘Is it too early to be applying for a winter boyfriend? Winter wonderland? Matching pajamas? Bake together?
Another, Amber Charlotte, posted a video of herself sitting in a bar with the caption: “POV: Looking for a girlfriend to spend these cold cozy winter days with and give her lots of hugs.”
While another posted a video letting TikTokers know that she will be “accepting open boyfriend requests in 2025.”
Now, a new dating trend circulating on social media has young people posting boyfriend or girlfriend ‘requests’, offering themselves or their loved ones to the rest of the world. A British creator, mollymaybrissettx, (pictured) posted a clip looking for a winter romance.
Another, Amber Charlotte, posted a video of herself sitting in a bar with the caption: “POV: Looking for a girlfriend to spend these cold cozy winter days with and give her lots of hugs.”
“Very exciting, nothing ugly or uncultured and I’m not going to play,” she added, saying that “I can’t wait to be in love next year.”
In a clip posted days later, the creator, anisethemuse, added a second video clarifying who would be considered an applicant.
In the video, she said she was looking for “neither indifferent men nor emotionally unavailable men, just loving guys” and “just interesting men.” Meanwhile, she also insisted she wasn’t interested in “ugly or broke” men.
Others have even used the app to connect with their friends or family, hoping to find them a partner.
A TikTok creator, Kell Mell, racked up 7.6 million views on a video in which she announced a new girlfriend for her YouTuber brother, Christopher Michael Dixon, commonly known as ChrisMD.
The clip, which also has 679,000 likes, includes several photos of her brother attached to a list of ‘professional’ reasons to match with him.
“I’m getting girlfriend requests for my brother (I’m bored of being the only girl on Dixon Family Christmas),” she wrote alongside a video from the YouTuber, who has 6 million followers on the app.
“To apply, comment which Taylor Swift song you think best fits each member of the community,” he captioned the video.
Others have even used the app to connect with their friends or family, hoping to find them a partner. A TikTok creator, Kell Mell, racked up 7.6 million views on a video in which she announced a new girlfriend for her YouTuber brother, Christopher Michael Dixon, commonly known as ChrisMD (pictured).
The clip, which also has 679,000 likes, includes several photos of his brother attached to a list of ‘pro’ reasons to match him.
An American creator, with the username myracle.worker, also used the app to include her brother in a video that has been viewed 1.5 million times.
Among the advantages of dating him was ‘He knows how to cook and clean; sometimes he scores penalties; will play video games with you; If you’re at least as strong as me, you can probably carry it; know the lyrics to All Too Well (10 minute version)’
Others have also taken to TikTok to announce their family’s romance.
An American creator, with the username myracle.worker, also used the app to include her brother in a video that has been viewed 1.5 million times.
Attached to a video of him, he wrote: “Someone married my twin brother. You’ve bought CDs for all your long-distance best friends, choosing the ones you think best represent them or are linked to share memories, and you’ve attached a handwritten letter in the notes.
The video was a huge success with 2,225 comments from suitors asking for more information about the creator’s brother.
One wrote ‘Where do I apply?’ with others they said ‘give it to me please’ and ‘AND WEAR GLASSES!? WHERE DO I REGISTER?’
The video was so successful that the creator opened a Google form so hopeful romantics could apply to go on a date with his brother.
By attaching a link to the form in her video, the creator encouraged those interested to apply, asking admirers to declare their names, ages, where they are from, and a selection of photographs, for a chance to date.
Fed up with theft and casual hookups, Generation Z has become increasingly skeptical about the modern state of dating: many are desperately seeking new methods of finding a partner and others are even giving up on the search for love altogether.
She wrote on the Google form: ‘hello! Serious inquiries only and be kind! Brian (my brother) means a lot to me, so if you hurt him, I’ll hurt you if you want to run for me too, that’s fine too.’
One Gen Z TikToker even used the app to try to find her mother a date. Posting a sweet video of her mom ice skating, she wrote the caption: “My mom has given up on dating apps so I’m taking it to TikTok.”
He then added data about his mother for potential matches, revealing her age, height, hometown and occupation.
Although he added a warning that applicants “would be vetted by me for an appointment.”
The video has been viewed 19.3 million times and racked up 2.1 million likes, with streams of comments suggesting possible matches.
One suggested his father as a suitor writing: ‘My dad!! 64 but he looks much younger and has a full head of hair. Recently semi-retired doctor, very active and a great chef! He lives in New Mexico, but now all his kids live in Texas and they’re always traveling!’
Another offering from his father read: ‘My dad!! 64 but he looks much younger and has a full head of hair. Recently semi-retired doctor, very active and a great chef! He lives in New Mexico, but now all his kids live in Texas and they’re always traveling!’