Clue that Dumbledore and Harry had a previous relationship...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 94198

Sorry I've been thinking for almost a year now that Ron=DD due to 
time travel.  I know that since my original post many other people 
had separately formulated the same theory. I know that many other 
fans hate this theory (which of course like any other may well be 
wrong). 
But I just reread parts of OOTP and came across this quote,which I 
think I previously misread.  (I'm sure someone else has noticed this 
quote so please forgice me if I'm rehashing something.)  

>From OotP, U.S. version, page 828 -- 
Dumbledore says to Harry:
"I was sure that if he realized that our relationship was - or had 
ever been - closer than that of headmaster and pupil, he would seize 
his chance to use you as a means to spy on me." 

At first you think that Dumbledore avoided looking in Harry's eyes 
during OOTP because he did not want Voldemort to know that he and 
Harry had more than just a student teacher relationship?  But if you 
read that quote again the words "or had ever been" are actually 
highlighted/separated from the rest of the sentence.  

Is this inferring a previous relationship (different from DD & 
Harry's current relationship)that Voldemort knows nothing about?  

If DD is Ron it makes sense.  If Voldemort were to find out that 
DD=Ron then Ron would also become a target of the DEs.   
vmonte