Is this Normal for a 5 year old?

Recently my family moved out of the neighborhood we lived in for several years.  My son who is five, has a friend in our old neighborhood who he has known and been "best friends" with since birth.  Recently on play dates, the two of them have been extemely excited to see eachother, and have hugged and kissed.   I did not think much of it until this last time when my son told me after his playdate that his friend was his "boyfriend" and they are going to get married.  I told him that kissing his friend was not appropriate, and that I know that they are friends and really miss eachother.  Any thoughts???

[RockRose]

Kids say the darndest things,  don't they?  

I think this is normal.  I've heard of boys doing this,  he just really likes his friend a lot and is thrilled to see him.

It's good,  though,  to tell him that is kind of inappropriate,  hugging on greeting is fine and totally okay,  but the kissing is too much.  

Boys get attached to people and decide they're going to marry them - like,  their mothers,  their best guy friends,  etc.

It's just evidence that he's caring,  I think.  

[Momoftwo622]

I would say it would mostly depend on how mature your son is for his age.  My son, at 5, is in love with his previous preschool teacher (she's 19 and very nice looking - I can understand the attraction!!)  I occassionally tease him about his male friends and he very clearly tells me that they are NOT his boyfriends!  My son is very intelligent and advanced for his age.  He will hug his male friends and teachers, but will only kiss his father, brother and grandfather.  I remember when he was 2, he had the most beautiful Shirley Temple curls!  I wanted to dress him up as a "girl" for Halloween.  He flat out refused!!!  He would not put that dress on.  I knew then that he was very secure with what he liked and did not like.  Should you be worried?  Would it matter if your son was gay?  I always told my husband that would be our luck to have gay children so that we could not have big huge weddings and have the only kids that could say their parents are still married (this was 14 years ago when divorce was running rampamt).  I have since decided that I don't care who they like as long as they are happy.  
Would I worry - no.  If he has little socialization skills he probably just does not understand.  Give it time.  As a mother you will know.

[shellron]

Thank you for your responses.  I myself was not too upset by this, but it did not set well with my husband.  I should add here that my son has been on a "kick" lately with the love and marriage thing.  He even has said (on several occasions to be funny)  that he "loves" or "wants to marry" inanimate objects.  e.g.- "I love Pizza, I want to marry pizza", etc.  He has had a "crush" on a friend's 12 year old sister since he was three as well.  He frequently wants to buy her gifts, etc.
He is a typical "rough and tumble" boy, so thats why him expressing this seemed odd.  I guess I needed reassuarance that it is not that abnormal, and that I handled it O.K.