I've never been a huge fan of it either. Not because it was too much, for some reason I didn't vibe with it.
I much preferred morganite and bought that instead. Much more expensive but that did feel good!
I do of course have rose quartz but it's still not a crystal I'd soon carry with me or hold. It's more laying around, working on the energies around me.
I have a few beautiful pieces, and I also have a number of larger rough ones in the garden on the plateau with my Quan Yin statue on it.
I feel it does great work there to help spread waves of Love through the garden and the soil, together with Quan Yin.
This is what that looked like in March. Right now the li'l pink rose The Fairy behind it is flowering :)
But for myself, I prefer morganite, rhodochrosite, and rhodonite. Oh, one that does it for me too: tumbled petalite & lepidolite!! Beautiful pink with some lilac. THAT I also had with me for a long time. Resonates so much better than rose quartz.