Quilts to comfort or to be admired?

Lately I have been reading a lot of quilting magazines because my bestie Lauren is cleaning out her house and I inherited her extensive magazine collection.
I've seen a couple of articles that mention how hard it is to give away a quilt because you never know how it will be treated. I understand the sentiment. A woman described her husband taking appart his motorcycle on a quilt she made him. My mother does woodworking and I'll never forget the tears in her eyes when she saw the beautiful bowl she made her parent, and had invested hours of her time and effort into, scratched up and used as a key receptical.
I really understand their fury and disappointment! But then it wouldn't matter what blanket he used to take his motorcycle apart on, I just might have stabbed him when I caught him doing that...
Then there was another example: making a quilt for a quilting friend was hazardous because they would then analyze all the the mistakes you made and look down on it.
Are you kidding me? Seriously?
I know when I make Lauren her full sized quilt (rather than just the tiny crazy quilt wallhanging I made her and wrote about here) she is going to love it and not sit there looking for mistakes to rub my nose in...
I mean come on, if your friends do that, especially ones that know how much work and effort goes into making a quilt, maybe they aren't the people that should get one from you.
And as to the abusing of quilts by those who don't understand what goes into making one, I think you as the maker can take that into account.
Most of my quilts are made to be used. I use mine every day and spill stuff on them regularly. That is why I use materials that are easily washed and durable.
If I was making an art quilt with elaborate materials and embellishments, that wouldn't be the one that I gave the 7 year old who will be dragging it through the mud and taking it everywhere with them, like I did with mine...
I admire art quilts and elaborate quilting! Someday I'll make an art quilt myself. When I do, I'll display it on a wall where it will be safe.
In the meantime I will continue to make quilts for those I love that will be abused, and loved to death!