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Technology and new ideas about sex and gender have dramatically changed the laws of love, from who pays for dinner to how long to wait to call after a date.

“If you sleep with someone, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to contact them again [or vice versa],” says Manley.Foltz, 29, says it can be tricky, but that gender norms are still at play.“I have a more masculine energy, so I usually pay on the first date,” she says.If you find yourself on the market in your 40s, you know how daunting it can feel.Long gone are the days of countless single friends, countless single bars, and endless time on your hands.

Manley is on the same page, but his reasoning is more economical: “Guys still [usually] make more money than women, so they should offer to pay, regardless of whoever asked out whom,” he says.