Crouton976,
As a life long black sheep of the family and quiet rebel on many issues, you go man! I hope more people respond to this thread with their stories. I rebelled against my parents wish on what I should do with my life. I was a completely difficult person til there was an agreement I could go to art school (I am the son of eastern European immigrants who could not conceive of anything other than hard labor to get by. As a result of my stubbornness and insistence that it was a valid way to make a living (BFA, MFA and long career in the practical use of art) I know have a half a dozen greatnieces in the arts and a granddaughter in various aspects of what was then considered by my family "a useless way to make a living, if you could."