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It wasn’t an issue, at least not at first - not until Bill brings someone home that is more then a friend.
(No, it becomes an issue when Charlie doesn’t recognize the need for anything more then friends beyond family.
When most of his year mates start talking about how cute the girls in their year were while Charlie is painstakingly creating a map of where dragon breeds would have lived a thousand years ago, long before reserves pushed them all into certain pockets of space.
When one of the boys in his year, one who never spoke up about girls either, comes to Charlie when he is alone and kisses him and the only thing Charlie can think of is how long does he have to stand there with the uneven stone of the castle’s walls digging uncomfortably into his back.)
It’s an issue because, while his mum seems to understand that Charlie just doesn’t like girls like Bill does, Molly Weasley doesn’t quite connect it to the fact that Charlie does not like anyone the way Bill likes girls.
It’s an issue because, for all that his mum seems to support his sexuality, Molly Weasley doesn’t quite realize that it’s not just kissing and sex he doesn’t care for but romance also.
It’s an issue because, for all that his mum firmly believes that all anyone needs is family, Molly Weasley - with her whirlwind romance and wedding - is a romantic at heart and cannot quite understand that Charlie doesn’t need a romantic partner.
It’s an issue because his mum thinks he’s lonely but, surrounded by his friends and getting news each week about his family while he’s off working at a job he loves, Charlie has never been happier.