Ive been a disposable abdl from the start, my loving wife got me some cloth diapers (no inserts, just the cover with fun prints) to wear.
Im assuming her reasoning is because disposable diapers crinkle and she doesn't like that. I really appreciate her effort but cloth diapers literally make me depressed. They dont do anything for me. They dont feel the same. I never wore them as a child.
I assimilate it with someone that has a balloon fetish and then they are given a basketball and told to like it instead. Yeah its round and has air in it and It kinda looks like a balloon but feels nothing like it. It doesn't have the same texture. Its not light and soft.
If you are a cloth diaper lover out of necessity or just your personal preference, I have nothing against the cost savings and other benefits you may get from it.
I can't even find ratings on any cloth inserts to see how much they hold. Im super afraid to try and wet in one and leak. All this feels like a big turn off to me and im really struggling with it. Ive explained all this to her including my gratitude and my higher level of diaper experience but her stance is that "a lot of babys wear cloth diapers like these just fine".