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 17th 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...
