childhood friend (a friend known since childhood)

together, with

combined, merged, unified

combination; a state which is combined / meeting

(for a child to) be raised, grow up / (for vegetables etc.) to grow / nurture, train (professionals)

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me