Dana and Danny on Dating

Should he always pick up the check? Should you split it, or take turns? In this first episode, Danny and Dana dig into one of dating’s touchiest questions. Danny has paid for nearly all of his roughly 200 first dates. He shares a text exchange with a woman who argued that men should cover dates because women live longer, earn less and carry more caregiving costs, and asks why the topic gets so heated. They look at how the answer changes by generation: about a third of Gen Z daters split the first-date bill, compared with just 7% of boomers. They also cover why coffee makes the perfect first date, low-cost ideas for a second date, and how paying can shift once you’re in a real relationship. Plus: what women really mean when their profiles ask for “chivalry.”