Yes, this has happened to others. I suppose it will become more common.
I once had a large group of people at my house, including J. and M. who were ladies in their 30s, and good friends. After they left, someone asked me: “Are they partners?”
There seemed no reason for this question. They are a real pair of friends, so a lot of their conversation is “When we were at the beach that time ...” and “A new cafe is going to open, we must try it ...” But that is a long way from being partners, I would have thought.
These are the same people who insist that Tolkiens’s hobbits are gay, or that Anne of Green Gables was gay. It’s distressing,at time, this “all gay 24/7”— this appalling rudeness is what we get for tolerance.