What's in a number? Dutchman, 69, seeks age change to 49
November 9, 2018
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Self-styled positivity guru Emile Ratelband thinks age is just a number. And his is a number the Dutchman wants changed.
The 69-year-old TV personality has asked a court in the Netherlands to approve his request for a new birthday that officially would make him 49.
Ratelband says his legal appeal is consistent with other forms of personal transformation that are gaining acceptance and government recognition in the Netherlands and around the world.
"With this free(dom) of choice, choice of name, freeness of gender, I want to have my own age. I want to control myself,...
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