I just think it's odd.
She says this guy was her 'childhood sweetheart'?
Wouldn't you think, over several years, she'd have witnessed some behaviour that was not strictly straight?
Maybe I just have great gaydar.
I know more gay men than you can shake a beaded handbag at. I can spot them at a 100 yards.
And how can you test your gaydar, since these men aren't saying?