The actual comment Willow makes is (from the transcript):
Willow: I've known him my whole life, Buffy. (tears in her eyes) Well, we haven't always been close, but he's never... (exhales)
I've always read this as meaning that they weren't close necessarily when they were much younger--like between when Xander stole her Barbie and a few years after that. I never got the impression that Willow and Xander weren't best buds in the years leading up to Buffy's arrival.
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Re: The Friend whose name we dare not speak.
Date: 2010-08-18 07:24 pm (UTC)Willow: I've known him my whole life, Buffy. (tears in her eyes) Well, we haven't always been close, but
he's never... (exhales)
I've always read this as meaning that they weren't close necessarily when they were much younger--like between when Xander stole her Barbie and a few years after that. I never got the impression that Willow and Xander weren't best buds in the years leading up to Buffy's arrival.