A Dutch old man starts a legal battle to reduce the age of 20

A 69-year-old Dutch sued to change his date of birth because he considers himself 20 years younger than his actual age. The competent court has therefore tried to reduce his age to 20 years. Communication. Emile Ratelband said in court in Arnhem, the Netherlands, that he "was not comfortable with his date of birth" and expressed his desire to change her , like people seeking a sexual conversion.

"Because of this official birth date, which does not reflect his emotional state, he has a hard time finding work and love," Ratlband said. He asked to change his date of birth from March 11, 1949 to March 11, 1969. "At 69, I am limited, but if I'm forty-nine, I can buy a new house, I can get more working when I'm using the Tinder app, but when I say that I'm 69, I do not get an answer.When I'm 49, and with my face to the prove, I will be in a good position, "he said. That "the doctors assured him that his body was that of a 45 year old man".

"I agree with you: many years ago we thought it was impossible," admitted the judge. But he asked the applicant how his parents might think that 20 years of his life would have been erased from Ratelband's memory. Who was this little boy then? "

"His parents are dead," said Ratelband, a neurologist. "He is willing to give up his right to a pension to ensure that there are no unintended consequences on changing his age."

At the end of the 45-minute session, Ratlaband said: "It's really a matter of free will." "It's time to change of age," said Rathenband's lawyer, Jean-Hein Quakers. The court attorney asked if the ability to change the birth date in the law would require future health checks to allow the state to properly judge an "emotional age" of a person . "There is also common sense, of course,"