So for those like Klein, who want to date in a specific age range, the key is looking in places where people of the same age are likely to gather. “You have to go to the bar where people around your same age would be.” Not everyone cares.

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But among women who are even slightly younger than him, he says, that’s “considered way too bold.” So Miller, who works in banking and lives in Arlington, has a strategy.

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“They’re hooking up with 20-year-olds, but whatever you need.” One wonders how those May-September romances will fare in an age when “dating” means different things to different age groups.

“People my age are on Tinder and Ok Cupid,” Klein says.