yo a tu edad

¿Sabes qué dilema tenía yo a tu edad?
Do you know what has pained me your age?
No tú especificamente, ¿pero yo a tu edad?
Not you, specifically, but me at your age?
El pelo ondulado. Como lo tenía yo a tu edad.
Wavy hair, just like mine when I was your age.
¿Sabes en qué curso estaba yo a tu edad?
You know what grade I was in when I was your age?
Dice que eras como yo a tu edad.
She said you are just like I was At your age.
De hecho, yo a tu edad tocaba el violín.
In fact, when I was your age I used to play the violin.
¿Qué hacía yo a tu edad?
What I was doing, I was your age?
¿Sabes lo que hacía yo a tu edad?
When I was your age, do you know what I was doing?
No tan bonita como yo a tu edad, pero igual eres muy bonita.
Well, not as pretty as me at your age, but still very pretty. Aw.
Estás mucho mejor que yo a tu edad, amigo.
You got a lot better off than I did when I was your age, bud.
Sí. También yo a tu edad.
Yeah, well, so was I when I was your age.
No tú específicamente, ¿pero yo a tu edad?
Not you, specifically, but me at your age? It doesn't get any better.
Eras casi tan guapa como lo era yo a tu edad, y luego... te quedaste embarazada.
You're almost as pretty as I was at your age, and then you... you got knocked up.
Una chica espabilada... mucho más de lo que era yo a tu edad.
You're a pretty smart cookie. A lot smarter than I was when I was your age.
Pero debes hacerlo o terminarás como yo a tu edad, gastando mi tiempo en la oficina, no viviendo la vida.
But you got to learn, or else you end up like me at your age, spending all my time at the office, not experiencing life.
Por otro lado, también es importante recurrir a la empatía evitando frases como 'yo a tu edad ya trabajaba'. En lugar de eso, hay que convertirse en esa persona a la que los hijos acudan cuando tengan un problema.
On the other hand, it is also important to be empathic, avoiding giving statements such as 'when I was your age, I was already working.' Instead, parents should try to become the person children speak to when they have a problem.
Yo a tu edad partía el mundo.
At your age, I left the world.
Yo a tu edad tenía dos trabajos.
When I was your age, I had two jobs.
Yo a tu edad tenía dos empleos en el verano.
You know, when I was your age, I worked two jobs in the summertime.
Yo a tu edad ya ten'ia dieciséis, chaval.
When I was your age, I was already 16.
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