She said the lilacs filled the air there with a blueness she has n't seen since . My aunt usually asks where I ' m calling from , though I ' ve lived in the same place 25 years . She wonders about a wineglass stuck to my mother 's dining table for years after that no - good boyfriend left for the coast . She remembered him fondly , though they parted in a storm of recrimination and hurt .

Who is the narrator 's conversation partner nostaligic for ?
Their boyfriend .