I think I am right when I say that most of us who use Monero, do just that - using it - as a currency.

As you pointed out, it has never proved itself to be a store of value, but that's ok too, provided that there are trustless ways in and out of Monero from Bitcoin.

Monero is for spending, Bitcoin for hodling and savings (and yes, I know, Lightning and all that, but I don't see big-amount transfers being possible on Lightning anytime soon)