I'll come out of the closet too
I always fly crabbed approaches and I teach them too.
Yes there is a moment while you're kicking it straight that the wind can get under the wing if you don't use some aileron input, but overall I find its more intuitive and easier to understand what's going on for the student.
I learnt to fly in sailplanes - their big wings make the wing down approach a bit hairy close to the ground.
Is it a macho thing? "Real pilots use side slipping". Personally I just do what works for me.