To my little friend

Normally, I get good along with my ex-girlfriends, but there is this one which is actually crazy. She was the first girlfriend I had in Innsbruck, that was back in 1997. I was younger than she was (18 vs. 23) and I was literally doing everything for her. She once prohibited me to see three of my best friends...and I did! I stoped seeing them, could you believe how dumb I was? Not that I stopped doing stupid things, but at least the stupid things I do now are funny, and stop seeing your best friends because your girlfriend asks you to do so is everything but funny.

Last summer I got a call from her, she was in Innsbruck and she wanted to meet me (She is also from Chihuahua and has been living in Chihuahua since we split in 1999). I did not want to be an idiot and accepted her invitation.

We met at a terrace, I had a salad and a slice of pizza. We were talking about this and that when she asked out of the blue “Which is the most beautiful thing you remember from our relationship”. Without hesitating, I automatically answered: “The knife we bought at the 10 Schilling shop” (a bargain store, now called “90 Cent shop”). First, she thought I was kidding and laughed, then she repeated the question and I told her “Alejandra, the only good thing of our relationship was the knife we bought at the 10 Schilling shop, I still use it until now”. She started crying...

I love this knife, it is small, and it never lost its sharpness, never in almost 15 years. My sister told me once she has a favourite knife ans when she cooks without it, she gets nervous. When I heard that I was relieved to hear I was not the only person on the planet sweating when chopping garlic cloves with a knife I am not used to.

On Wednesday, April the 17^th 2012 at around 17:50 my beloved blue knife passed away...

It was the best knife I ever had, and the only good that happened to me in a tormenting and long lasting relationship (20 months).

Little blue knife, I will keep you in my heart, and will remember you every time I chop garlic cloves and onions.

Oscar

 I will never forget you, you were the best...