Yea man,my parents put up with allot of crap from me when I was young(Almost 25 now).
Eventually I went back to school.
Thing is guitar was all I wanted and still want in life.My father used to playout 3-5 nights a week for 20yrs. so it kinda runs in the blood.I started when I was 14 and at the time I was a the typical depressed teenager tht was getting in allot of trouble.I started playing as kind of a retreat from the BS,and after a short while it became the most important thing in my life,which in a way was good cause my seriousness for the instrument kept me away from allot of the drugs and crap that all my freinds did as kids and the stuff that floats around when your giging(Do love my brew for R&R though lol).