Who's a Kid?!

I've thought about this a lot, what constitutes someone being a Kid? I don't mean the obvious, of course a little kid is a kid but what is the age difference that makes someone a Kid to you?
There was this young guy ( Kid ), I'll call him Theo, ( that's not his name but that's what I'll call him ) he asked me to go with him. I was 46 at the time and Theo, well Theo was just barely 30. I did the math in my head ( well actually I probably used a calculator, math not being my strong suit ) a 16 year age difference. I thought about that, 16 years is a long time, I was 16 when he was born, I remembered what I was doing at 16 that's what really hit home to me. I was 16 when he was born- that made it icky ( for lack of a better word ). So for me, I decided that anybody that I could have given birth to was too young for me, to me they were a Kid. I know other people may have different ideas on this subject but even they would have to admit if you look at if from the perspective of where you where at in your life when that Kid was born a big age difference is icky. They are a whole generation younger, that makes a big difference. Maybe it wouldn't be so noticeable in the beginning but think about it when your 60 that Kid is 44, younger than you were when you first got together- that's icky. And probably at that point it's icky to that Kid as well, still young and stuck with this old person. And while I agree that the 60 of today is not the 60 of years ago, it's still old, you can get Social Security soon ( well get may be a dream, apply for it may be more like it ). So I told Theo no, though I was flattered and then I put my age difference cap at 10 years, and that seems like a lot. I know love knows no age, it's blind or whatever but that's bull, you should still use your brain. Think about it this way if I had met Theo when I was 16 I would have been his babysitter, when I graduated from high school he was learning to walk, he and my oldest son could have gone to school together, when he was 16 I was 32, twice his age. Yep that's just icky. I know there is a flip side to that, younger people make you feel younger( and then sometimes they make you feel older). Some people believe they look younger when they are with someone younger, most times you don't- you look older, especially when a perfect stranger asks if the Kid is your son or daughter- yeah that's gotta sting. But I guess the real upside to being with a Kid is that you have built in free home health care in your really old age, that's a plus! Imagine this scenario: The Kid answers the door, it's a salesman ( someone close to the Kid's age ) they have a nice conversation when all of a sudden the Kid says- excuse me I have to go change a diaper, the salesman says- Oh you have young children? the Kid says no I don't it's my... Um mm.... it's my.... Um mm ..... Oh never mind it can wait. Well anyway that's just my thought on who's a Kid. Besides I've got a 29 year old son and a 25 year old son if some old broad was dating one of them it wouldn't be pretty, I'd have to go all mama bear on the old lady:) Words of wisdom from my Grandmother: When she was asked why she never married again or dated after my Grandfather passed away she said, and I quote:

" Because I'm not changing some old man's piss pot "