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  • Age fluidity

    Women have traditionally been "age fluid" for generations. "I'm 29" says the 35 year old.

    But now a Dutch man is suing to get his age legally changed so he can get a date.

    Dutch man hopes legal age change will get him more Tinder matches

    People have surely resorted to some interesting tactics in order to score a date on Tinder, but Emile Ratelband, a motivational speaker from the Netherlands, is taking a peculiar route. Ratelband claims that though he is 69 years old, he feels 20 years younger, and his actual age is making it difficult for him to find matches on the dating app. So now he has filed a lawsuit to get his age legally changed. "When I'm 69, I am limited," Ratelband said. "If I'm 49, then I can buy a new house, drive a different car. I can take up more work. When I'm on Tinder and it says I'm 69, I don't get an answer. When I'm 49, with the face I have, I will be in a luxurious position."

    Ratelband and his attorney argued in an Arnhem court that wanting to change his age is no different than wanting to legally change his name or gender. "Why can't I decide my own age," he asked. He's seeking to change his official birth date from March 11th, 1949 to March 11th, 1969, and he's even willing to give up his pension to do so.

    Along with struggling to find love on Tinder, Ratelband claims his age makes it difficult for him to find work. But he says he doesn't want to just lie about how old he is, telling the Washington Post, "If you lie, you have to remember everything you say." Town hall officials reportedly denied his request for the age change when he first requested it. They also denied previous requests from Ratelband when he wanted to name his twins Rolls and Royce.

    Ratelband says his doctors have told him that he has the body of a 45-year-old and he described himself as a "young god." The court is expected to issue a ruling within four weeks.



  • #2
    That's sad. That's beyond sad. This man hit sad and went "No... I can get even worse".
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    Last edited by Sparko; 11-08-2018, 03:10 PM.

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    • #3
      Hehe, this is true. We did not know that my mother in law was ten years older than she had been telling us until she died and someone found her birth certificate.
      Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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      • #4
        Originally posted by seer View Post
        Hehe, this is true. We did not know that my mother in law was ten years older than she had been telling us until she died and someone found her birth certificate.
        I lied about my age to get into the Navy a year earlier than I should have -- it has come back to bite me ever since. Even the Social Security Admin fought me on .... wait - that was --- they thought I was a year YOUNGER than.....


        ... I'm not sure anymore how old I am.



        Therefore, I am 29!
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • #5
          Seems as reasonable as changing sex. What about the people with conditions that cause them to age too quickly, or those that never age at all? People frequently mistake me for someone 10 to 15 years younger, and I still feel that age. Then there's the fact that time is arbitrary and a social construct, based on our relative position in the universe.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by LeaC View Post
            Seems as reasonable as changing sex.
            which is not reasonable at all.

            What about the people with conditions that cause them to age too quickly, or those that never age at all? People frequently mistake me for someone 10 to 15 years younger, and I still feel that age. Then there's the fact that time is arbitrary and a social construct, based on our relative position in the universe.
            Age is a function of 1. When you were born. and 2. How many times the earth has gone around the sun.

            You can't just arbitrarily change either one of them. You can lie about them all you want, but that doesn't change the scientific facts.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by seer View Post
              Hehe, this is true. We did not know that my mother in law was ten years older than she had been telling us until she died and someone found her birth certificate.
              My grandfather was born in rural Colorado coal country in the 1920's and never had a birth certificate. In fact, he wasn't entirely sure what year he had been born, let alone a specific day.
              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
              Than a fool in the eyes of God


              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                You can lie about them all you want, but that doesn't change the scientific facts.
                Since when do liberals care about scientific fact?
                Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                Than a fool in the eyes of God


                From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                  which is not reasonable at all.



                  Age is a function of 1. When you were born. and 2. How many times the earth has gone around the sun.

                  You can't just arbitrarily change either one of them. You can lie about them all you want, but that doesn't change the scientific facts.
                  Right, I agree. What I can't figure out is why that's obvious in one case and not the other.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by LeaC View Post
                    Right, I agree. What I can't figure out is why that's obvious in one case and not the other.
                    I'd say indoctrination.

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                    • #11
                      I suppose that the next thing we know, someone will try to claim to be older so they can retire sooner.
                      ~ Russell ("MelMak")

                      "[Sing] and [make] melody in your heart to the Lord." -- Ephesians 5:19b

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                      • #12
                        I'll be old enough to retire next year.


                        Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                          I'll be old enough to retire next year.
                          Are ya gonna?
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            Are ya gonna?
                            Nope.


                            Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                              Nope.
                              Me too neither.
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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