Mortica, that's not nice (I like it, actually), but I think there's some truth to it. When I started to learn violin at age 8, I think there were a couple of years when my parents couldn't bear to hear me practice. But then things got better. I quit playing in high school (much to my later regret). After 40+ years, I bought a fiddle a couple of years ago and was surprised that I began about where I had left off years ago. In buying a fiddle, IMO I would stay away from the inexpensive (cheap) shiny machine-made instruments from east europe or china and go for an old instrument (something with character). Get a fiddle player to help you. You would probably do best at a folk music shop rather than a violin shop. I was lucky and picked up a pretty good instrument from a guitar shop which just happened to have fiddle. Got it for a good price. Anyway, good luck, it's great fun!

Cheers, S. in Seattle