My brother found a spoon on the side of the road when he was probably 6-7 years old. Our great-grandmother washed it and it became his special spoon when we visited her. I was a couple years younger and I got jealous of his special spoon so she found another unique spoon that didn’t match any of her other silverware. That became my spoon. It stayed at her house until I was an adult. When I moved out in my own, she gifted it to me. It’s been almost 40 years. I still have it and smile every time I use it.

It’s a tad on the smaller side and oval. I hate round spoons and like a moron, bought some and didn’t give it much thought. But my favorite is from one of the first sets the household acquired. There is one fork left from that set and is also my favorite.

For years I had one fork leftover from when I first moved out on my own. Every single time I got that fork, I was disappointed because it was so light and flimsy compared to all the other forks.

Then one day I realized… I could just throw out the fork. The fork was adding no value to my life. I had other forks. So I threw it out and then felt vaguely sad for some reason I could not identify.

So I guess that was my favourite fork.

Like 1 out of the set? That are all virtually identical?