Sorry if my english is bad, it's not my first language, thanks for reading

What should I do? I'm just your average teen student, I play the cello in our schools orchestra and I'm already about to enter senior high, I've been thinking about the future more, I haven't decided on what job I want but I also don't want to give up on playing the cello. I don't have a cello of my own but the school provides, downside is I can't take it home to practice. My teacher recommended to us to buy a cello of our own and going as far as to reach out to a shop in another city to help us buy the instrument since no one sells it here, problem is my parents kinda didn't like the idea of buying my own cello, the price is also high 700$, my dads reason is because it's "too heavy" for me and wants me to play the violin instead, while my mom think I won't be using it in the future so why buy (´•ω•̥`) my friends also had the same opinion, what if I stopped playing cello in the future, which kinda hurt me since why do they always think about the worst, don't they have any confidence in me? Lol ˃̣̣̣̣︿˂̣̣̣̣ well tbh i also don't have the confidence, what if all the things they said came true? I'll just end up wasting my parents money, but I really don't want to give up on playing the cello,I love it, i want to be better at it, I only have two years left in my school, I'm losing hope just thinking about it

While those are all risks, and that has a possibility of happening I think you should go ahead with it, worst comes to the worst you can sell it on, otherwise you'll be able to continue doing what you love, I've had a guitar for about 11 years, and I had lost interest in it every now and then but I can't put it down nowadays to the point I've fallen asleep from playing it, I mean I hope you don't fall asleep while playing cello but yknow, I think you should go for it, if it's something you really enjoy doing it doesn't matter what anyone else says or thinks.

Thank you for the kinds words, but unfortunately I couldn't buy the cello, my parents didn't let me because of the price but it's fine I've decided I'll just work harder so I can buy a cello with my own money, it did kinda hurt since I might have to stop playing for a while.i had doubts if I actually wanted to play the cello, since I felt sad doesn't that mean I really wanted to play the cello? Lol ꉂꉂ(ᵔᗜᵔ◍)

It's a shame that you couldn't, but I'm glad that you know what you want now, and hopefully it won't be too long before you can buy one!