To think that DH should have his hair cut on a week night

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Not a huge issue, but one which niggles and annoys me. DH has hair which seems to grow at a rate of knots and he get's it cut every 4 weeks, sometimes slightly more.

The local barber offers appointments on a weekday evening and is open until 7 on a Thursday. On a Saturday they ask for clients to wait turns. Last time DH did this he spent 2:30hrs at the barbers. He's now planning to go down at 1pm today.

Previously I've not minded but we have a baby DS and I feel that DH should either be trying to spend Saturdays as a family day, or maybe giving me a little bit of a break.

DH thinks I'm being unreasonable and he should be able to get his hair cut whenever he wants, but AIBU to expect him to book a weekday appointment?

YANBU
If you've been alone all through the day all week with a tiny baby, weekends are a time to share the baby duties, especially if your baby likes to be held. It does sound like he's having a lovely read of the paper/phone while you sit at home.

It's ok as long as you get a long break too

Well then you need to start leaving him to have some 1 on 1 time with his Dad.

Otherwise you'll probably resent your DH every time he pops out for 2 hours once per month.

If the baby wasn't in the equation you probably wouldn't bat an eyelid at him choosing Saturday to get his hair cut, as loads of people do when they work in the week.

I don't think it's the 4 weekly haircuts that's the problem, but more that you need some quality time away from your child.

5 months is a long time to go without doing your own thing every now and then.

Of course YANBU. You both have a baby to look after, he's just assuming you'll always be the default carer. If he wants a couple of hours to himself at the weekend, he needs to say so explicitly and you can all work together to make that happen.

Yanbu. If he has a regular men's cut, it shouldn't take more than half an hour. Obvious thing would be to get it done during the week.