Sorry Dad, Your Story About Walking Three Miles to School Doesn’t Make Us Feel Bad One Bit
We get it, our parents didn’t have a privileged upbringing like we did – that’s why they came to this country, but all this guilt-tripping is ridiculous and it needs to stop ?.
Me bañaba en el río.
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Did you happen to see Mowgli there, too?
Y usaba ojas en lugar de papel higiénico.
Ok, I know for a fact you didn’t grow up in a jungle.
A tu edad ya estaba trabajando.
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Here we go…
Y tomaba tres camiones para llegar al trabajo.
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We’ve all heard, “cómete lo que tienes en el plato. Hay niños pobres que no tienen nada de comer.”
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But our parents were those niños pobres. They’d say, “en mis días no era buffet, era lo que teníamos en la casa para comer.”
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“Lo que hay es lo que te comes.” Pobres ?.
Solo comía carne una vez a la semana… por pobres.
Oh no, how did you ever survive?
Que no me viera tu abuela porque… eso sí era regañada.
“Tu abuelita solo me daba una mirada …y ya sabía.” You mean like this?
Me daban 10 pesos y me tenían que durar toda la semana.
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Oh please, that’s not even possible.
Tenía que caminar cinco kilómetros para comprar un pedazo de pan Bimbo.
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With all that walking, you must’ve been super fit.
Nunca me compraba nada. Usaba los mismos zapatos hasta que se acababan.
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