I think I'm in the same position!

... If I could walk that way... Oh, you've done that gag already?

The forlorn stoat got on her stoatcycle and stoatled away.

I too was ostracised at school - not that I ever really cared.  As far as I was concerned, I was right and they were all wrong.
I had piano lessons from the age of 7 and gave my first solo public concert at 15. 
I never apologised either and agree with operacat - they should apologise to me.

In my former job, they had a radio (many of you old R3 MBers probably know this story) eventually, but only through buying into the new radio (to replace the old broken one), I managed to get 1 morning a week to play my music.  It was generlaly greeted with groans, complaints etc. and, on some occasions, if feeling especially malevolent, I used to put on organ music.  That seemed to really annoy them.  However, there were two musical people in my old job but they just conformed with everyone else 

I have no friends who are interested in proper music, they like the standard stuff but luckily my wife likes classical as much as I do.  I'm so glad I met her as I can have a proper conversation about it now as well.  There is a newish person in my current job who is interested so that is a good thing, plus the receptionist was a conducting student at the nearest university and mad keen on choral works so we often talk about them.  It's a good way of broadening my own knowledge as choral never was really my thing (neither was early but my wife is an early music fan so I now like that too - especially the choral pieces)

Also, I've learnt a lot from the people on the old boards - it is nice to meet more like-minded individuals and find them here as well!

I had to pursue an interest in classical music entirely on my own when young and find out about it for myself. Perhaps that is the best way.

We had a couple of classical LPs in the house and my father had a passing interest in such music but my mother and brother had little time for it. So it was difficult sometimes, with no recordings in the house except for those I had blown my pocket money on, and nowhere where I could take myself off and listen to Radio 3 very easily.

But the plus side was that I felt that this was my own special thing that I had discovered and it can be nice to think that you stand out from the crowd.