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