to expect dh to turn his music down?

[breadandbutterfly]

Am trying to work upstairs, have 5 kids (not all mine) playing here today, dh decided about an hour or two ago to relax in the kitchen tinkering with stereo eqpt (hobby - yawn). So far, so OK. But dh decided to serenade himself with (annoying) music on at full volume. After putting up with it for about an hour, asked him to turn it down - he said he felt like a teenager not being allowed to play music at the volume of his choice. I said he was behaving like a teenager ie selfishly! (Even kitchen windows open - poor neighbours...).

So AIBU? Or is he?

What a knob. Why does he need it so loud?

So is it the fact you've got children there or that you hate his singing? I can relate, my DP's tuneless tones give me headaches mainly because of the jaw clenching I do when subjected to it.

If the music was to your taste would you have minded?

Buy him a shed to do his tinkering in, then only the neighbours will need to worry

I have teens, I spend half my life shouting turn it down or apologising to neighbours yanbu, buy him some wireless headphones for Xmas.

No, he wasn't singing, thankfully!

Just loud radio I think.

But AT FULL VOLUME.

Arggh. No, wouldn't really care what it was - it was just too loud. Noisy enough with 5 kids, 2 of whom are practicing guitar and 3 of whom are shouting!!

StepAway (good name BTW) - he has them already!!

Suspect he might be getting deaf...??

Or just selfish...

thanks then why the chuff is he not using them?

Divine right of dh's to annoy other people?

He is being a brat.

WTF does he want to behave like a teenager for ?

The difference between being a teen and being an adult is meant to be that you stop behaving like a selfish arse.

Not that you can behave like a selfish arse and not get told to stoppit.

If you put him in a shed your neighbours would be perfectly within their rights to throw cold custard over his equipment. He needs to live in the middle of nowhere, or in a nightclub, if he wants to behave like this.

Thank you, beastofburden - my thoughts exactly! (though hadn't got as far as the custard...)