If you are just flying for pleasure then is there any point in putting yourself (and more so your passengers) through the stress of gusty winds (and it can be stressful even when they are coming right down the runway as they can cause sever shear and ballooning of the aircraft on the roundout and lead to far from perfect landings).
I would agree if all you want to do is a local circuit every few weeks. However, if you want to go somewhere further afield then there is always the possibility that the wind may be stronger and unhelpfully aligned than forecast. Much better to have practiced this than have to deal with it for the first time at a strange airfield. I'm not being gung ho, if you actually want to use your licence to go places then learning how to deal with wind is important.
Passengers are a different matter.Often their tolerance of bumps and turbulence is less than the pilots. I don't take people for rides if I think they won't enjoy it
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