You are only as old as you feel. Dutch “positivity guru” and TV personality Emile Ratelband was apparently so convinced by this maxim that he put it to the test in court last month, demanding the right to shave 20 years off his age to improve his online dating prospects.
On Dec. 3, the family regional court of Arnhem rejected his controversial case for age discrimination, ruling that the motivational speaker isn’t allowed to change the date of birth on his passport. He is, and will remain, exactly as old as his original passport says: 69.
