When you are bored of watching your child play football and start chatting with the other parents on the touchline, there is a fair chance that they will tell you something interesting.
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也许这个短语的意思是:还在你老爸没有用浪漫的眼光看你的老妈之前,也就是你还没有出生之前。
Maybe the phrase means: before your father ever looked at your mother in a romantic way; so, long before you were born.