oh my- dont dispair- sometimes people react without really thinking-
i am kind of the same way- in ways- i really don't have as good of excuses as you= since i have a long-arm. but i also have half a dozen or more quilt tops- that have been quilt tops for a long long time-some of them hang here & there- mainly in my sewing and quilting rooms- a few of them i doubt i will ever finish further than they are- and i feel that's ok- a couple of them at times i think i will prehaps quilt one of these days- usually once it's quilted- it's gone- my way of hanging on to them i guess...maybe...never really thought of a need to *justify* my tops- to me they are finished-
you are right= to each their own- unfortunately sometimes people are very narrow minded- and believe only their way could possibly be the acceptable way.