[BI] UC Prompt 2

     The place I come from, I don’t really like to talk about. I was born in Alameda, CA. Middle class family, lived in a nice neighborhood. I had everything, or almost everything I wanted, kind of a spoiled life if you ask me. I got most of what I asked for, always had money to spare. My life was pretty much the life of a normal teenager: Go to school, do homework, eat, and sleep. I started to notice that my family seemed very different when compared to other families. Every Saturday, I go to lunch with my grandpa and my aunt. After lunch, my sister, my dad and I go to my grandpa’s house. At my grandpa’s house, my sister and I usually go into separate rooms and just go on the computer while my dad watches T.V. When my grandpa comes home, he usually watches his movies, so none of us are really talking to each other. This continues on until dinnertime when we all pile into the car and have dinner. Throughout the entire meal, before, and after, I noticed that no one really talks at all. If someone does talk, it’s either my dad arguing with my grandpa over something, or my aunt arguing with one of them. 
     The way my family interacts with each other, or rather the way we don’t interact with each other impacts me a lot in my opinion. It affects my grades, my social life, basically anything and everything that has to do with being social. I grew up with a pretty quiet family, meaning I usually kept to myself unless one of my family members addressed me directly. Seventeen years of keeping to myself had a big impact on me. I am not very used to talking very much, or even putting out my thoughts and feelings, which means that I'm unable to carry a conversation very well. I fear having conversations with almost everyone, fear of boring them so I try not to initiate any sort of conversation.
     My family hasn't really affected my dreams or my aspirations very much since we never really talk with each other so I never really had any real dreams or aspirations. My parents and I never talked about college, what college I wanted to attend. I don't know what I what kind of career I might want to pursue, I don't even know if I want to follow in the footsteps of one of my parents. All I know is that my dad is some kind of engineer and my mom is a dentist.  All I was worried about was getting through the day. My one goal is so general, it could be anyone's. It is just to get a job that provides me with enough to get by and also to have luxury items and start a family. This is really the only dream I have at this point. Nothing complicated, nothing spectacularly planned. All I really want is a family, with a woman I love, and just spend my days living as happily as I can.