we've also been to a gay bar before with a few friends which he didn't enjoy it very much and ended up leaving early to go to a friend's party so he could hook up with a girl instead. he's been on plenty of dates with women, talks about having sex with them, had a female fwb situation going, we went to the same coffee place for a week to help him ask out the barista there and i joke that he falls in love with any woman who says hello. However, he's always been interested in women. he's not a traditionally masculine guy, but that's exactly why we get on so well. we're very close with one another in the way we message and talk together, often making jokes about going on a date night to watch a film or having a slumber party and eating ice cream.
I've been best friends with this guy for around 2 years.