I swear I'm not one of those people who gets offended by the mere sight of man-made fibres - you know the type - but when it comes to bedding, I am 100% in the natural materials camp. I always wake up feeling disgusting and sweaty from synthetic sheets and duvets, and they also just don't feel nice to me. I've stayed in two or three otherwise nice hotels/airbnb where the bedding completely ruined the overall experience.
Until recently, DH and I had been using my old duvet - it's so old that I'm no longer even sure what it's filled with, but it's (imo) lovely and still has a lot of life left in it. It not only has a great feel and weight to it, it's also warm enough for the winter but breathable enough for the summer (although it did come with an extra-thin summer duvet that clips on/off, which we'll sometimes use if it's particularly hot). Guests have even commented on it when they've stayed in our bed. Gets aired and shaken out regularly, and goes to the dry cleaner every year.
I was recently out of town visiting family only to come back to a brand new, completely synthetic set of bedding - duvet, pillows, and sheets. Apparently this is what DH has always wanted after years of suffering with my bedding, and he won't have it any other way going forward.
I absolutely hate it - I wake up with a thin film of sweat every morning now, the sheets feel slippery, and the duvet and pillows are somehow lumpy and stiff at the same time, so I can't really cuddle into them or have them conform to my body. He absolutely insists that he's now getting the best sleep of his life.
He doesn't have any allergies or sensory issues, nor is he worried about the animal welfare aspect (which for me would be the biggest argument against natural bedding, but we already have it anyway). But he has been getting increasingly bolshy and mean-spirited with me in many other areas of life, so I don't know if this is some weird way of asserting himself.
So far I've just been going along with it because (a) I don't want another argument and (b) it's true that we've been using my bedding our entire relationship and I'm open to trying it his way, but so far, I'm not happy!
Anyway, I don't want this to become a relationship thread, but I guess I'm trying to get a measure of whether preferring synthetic bedding is a "thing" with other people too if there's not an allergy/sensory/practical reason?