To ask my OH to spend time with me?

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I fear it just sounds whiney, like something you shouldn't have to ask for.

We both work through the week, very early til 8 or 9pm, then we're exhausted. So spending time together out of the house on a weekday evening requires some motivation and planning and as a result, never happens.
He then plays football every Saturday, leaves the house at 11ish, gets back at 7ish. An evening out on Saturdays is an option but where we live is pretty shit and it would be a case of going out just for the sake of going out, not because we actually want to.
That leaves Sunday, I tend to do the housework, we both get ready for work the following week then we take our dogs on a long walk. The walk is nice but it's the only thing we do together outside of the house.

So WIBU to ask him to spend Saturday's doing something fun with me instead of devoting his whole day to playing football?

I thinkin would have been peed off in that scenario too OP.

Thank you, MistressDee. Our working hours are silly at the moment as we're both training. OH will soon be qualified and I'm a way off but having one of us with less working hours should hopefully help the situation. I suppose he has just adjusted to it all much better than I have, had I found a club/group I enjoyed to occupy me on Saturdays it may have been different.

I'm nearly over my sulk now so will plan something fun for next week and suggest it to him, hopefully it will be the start of us both putting the effort in to make our time together a tad more exciting. I will also look into finding something to do with myself on Saturdays that will allow me to socialise. But I am going to ask him to reduce the amount of time he is out on the Saturday too like pp have suggested. If all of that fails then I will return for more advice because it will likely mean he just doesn't enjoy spending time with me so is choosing not to!

Thank you for all of your help!

OP I do think that the way your life is organised means that you have limited time to spend with each other. But I would be worried about someone who had so little oomph to address it. He's equally responsible for the relationship, he should be making equal effort.

^ yes, it's equally his responsibilty too to prioritise your relationship rather than behaving like flatmates.
Agility with the dogs? I take mine on a walk for about 5 miles every day while listening to an audio book and teach her tricks. I craft and have pen pals and easily spend all day on the Internet to or reading books too.
I don't get people who need to be doing stuff, like a pp said, and I actively avoid going places where other people congregate especially at weekends. But a relationship is meant to be fun (apart from times of crisis or bereavement), that's the whole point of it. Sitting together in happy quiet while doing your own thing/eating together/cooing over the dogs/lying about talking etc are all things that make relationships special and good.

Sounds like a plan OP, its a start. Good luck and hope it works out well

Yes it is a bit like we're flat mates, we do a lot for each other but again it is to accommodate each other's schedule. I do see that it is more of a case of our jobs making things difficult and not all the fault of his Saturday hobby but I'd just like some effort in making the time we do have together a bit more significant.

I've booked afternoon tea and spa access for the Sunday, we both love swimming (and eating) so I'm excited about that and he seems it too. It's upto him to plan something for the Saturday evening now but his immediate response did piss me off, it was "but there's nothing to do here" he's unwilling to put the effort in before he's even started looking/thinking. I'd be happy staying in with a board game and snacks as long as it involved some interaction and prior planning so our night doesn't just get fudged away as usual.

We'll see how it goes I suppose!

I think he's used to spending a lot of time alone because you're always working, so maybe he's better at entertaining himself than you are. If you're at work a lot, maybe you're just at a bit of a loose end when you have some free time?