Oh, ffs, sorry about that. I do tend to use diminutives to refer to pretty much everyone I like. Pay no attention to sweetie, honey, cutie, kiddo, darling, dear boy, or anything else that may pop into my head. It is something of a bad habit. I used to call my ex fiancée (6-foot-6 and fourteen years my senior) "little one" more often than anything else, including his actual name. I would probably still call you kiddo occasionally if you were older than me, as I am wont to do.