As I thought - "friends since childhood" wasn't even my phrase. It was already in the article, I just moved things around to improve grammar and readibility. It's been in the article for aeons, it's in the article when you revert it - so giving that a reason for reverting is more than a little specious. I'll assume you hadn't actually read the earlier version. I'm happy to reword it, any suggestions? It would seem to fit into the "historical context" guidelines suggested by the Wikipedia Company's project.