Age Change To Improve Dating Prospects? Nope, Says Dutch Court

Ratelband was denied the right to change his official age... just so he could improve his dating prospects!

Emile Ratelband, a Dutch national, has been denied the right to change his age by a Dutch court.

What exactly brought this on?

Well, Ratelband requested a change in his age from 69 to 49! Why? Because he wanted to improve his dating prospects!

But... alas! He was denied the right to change his age by the court due to legal hold-ups. The court stated that Ratelband had no legal basis to change his age. Many laws in the country are made and implemented based on the age of an individual, said the court. The court also added that changing his date of birth would result in over 20 years of documents vanishing.

Court denies Dutch man Emile Ratelband, who wanted to recapture youth by legally changing his age. He sought to have age treated as names and genders have in other cases: https://t.co/zIYILNQDjg pic.twitter.com/GRjHopIdVc

— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) December 4, 2018

However, the court stated that Ratelband is free to feel and act as a 49-year-old!

There is more: Ratelband attempted to justify his attempt to change his age by using the example of the transgender community. He claimed his request was no different from someone legally changing their registered name or gender.

#EmileRatelband you're dying to do this because you want an attention from dating online. Love comes in different form and age doesn't matter.
There will be obvious signs of health deterioration as years passed by. Everyone will go on the same road of life. Age gracefully!

— Margierie Consuelo (@margierie04) December 3, 2018

Doesnt that goofy Dutchman #EmileRatelband know that he can create a #Fakebook account with a fake age, and use that one to access #Tinder as a 40 something year old... 😕😕😕😕 #Geez some people are dumb as #💩💩💩💩 in these days...

— Pillz Brown (@PillzBrown) December 3, 2018

Ratelband was paticularly miffed about being “discriminated” against on the dating app - Tinder.

#EmileRatelband campaigned in the Netherlands to have his legal age reduced from 69 to 49. He lost his legal bid in Arnhem, with the court saying he "is at liberty to feel 20 years younger than his real age and to act accordingly."

— Olivia Wilson (@OliviaWilson78) December 4, 2018

#EmileRatelband Here is the next step to reduce your age!! 🦃 pic.twitter.com/ONk703NyZY

— Goat12 (@crazygoat12) December 4, 2018

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