Isabelle Hood
Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old Dutchman, had an unusual wish. He wasn’t content with just feeling young at heart; he wanted to legally change his age too. He felt that being 69 was holding him back in life. According to him, his true age was causing discrimination, affecting his job opportunities, and even dampening his prospects on Tinder, a popular dating app.
Feeling frustrated, Emile decided to take his unique request to court. He argued that his age was just a number and should not dictate his life’s possibilities. He believed that if he could feel young, he should also have the right to be recognized as younger in the eyes of the law.
However, the judge had a different perspective. The judge explained that many rights and responsibilities in society are based on age. If people could simply change their legal age, it could lead to a lot of legal confusion and problems. So, the judge decided that Emile couldn’t legally change his age. Emile ended up losing his case. Maybe next time, he’ll try a different approach to improve his luck on Tinder!
In a modern-day twist on the classic boy-meets-girl narrative, Jian Feng from China was captivated by a beautiful woman. Falling in love, the two married and soon welcomed a daughter into the world. But this is where the story deviates from the expected trajectory. Upon seeing his newborn, Feng was taken aback by the child’s appearance. He thought his daughter was “incredibly ugly” and bore no resemblance to either of them. The seed of suspicion took root and he accused his wife of infidelity.
His wife, taken aback by the allegations, decided to come clean about a secret she had been harboring. She confessed to having undergone several plastic surgeries before they met. This revelation hit Feng hard and he believed that he was duped into marrying someone who had misrepresented her true appearance. Stunned and feeling deceived, he decided to take the matter to court.
Feng’s peculiar lawsuit argued that his wife had misled him by hiding her cosmetic surgery history. He sued her on the grounds of false pretenses. Astonishingly, the court found in his favor. The verdict required his wife to pay him more than $120,000. This unconventional lawsuit goes down in the books as a strange deviation from the typical marital disputes.
