Why do guys send winky faces ;)?

DeflectedAileron
Does it mean anything? I asked a guy what he was up to this week and he replied:
"Hey, hun. Working, same shit different day and yeah hun, you look good in your uniform ;)"
He doesn't call other people hun and neither does he send winky faces to others on his Facebook. He's 27 and I am 18. He sends a lot of emoticons to me and always reply ASAP when we text. We sometimes have our flirting banter. I asked him if age matters, to which he replied "Why?". I told him I used to date a guy that was 26 and he broke up because of age gap. He said "sorry to hear that hun, and no age doesn't matter."

Does he like me as a friend or more?
Why do guys send winky faces ;)?
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