What do you call a person who tells you to do something but they can't do it [closed]

For example if you are in a relationship. The man tells you to update him or tell him everytime you leave the house and go home. Yet he doesn't do it. He doesn't update. He expects you to do the things he want yet he doesn't do it. Is that hypocricy?? Thanks:)


Is that hypocricy??

That is hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy noun (pl.hypocrisies) [ mass noun ]

The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

His target was the hypocrisy of suburban life.

She was irritated to be accused of hypocrisy.

Oxford Dictionary of English

What do you call a person who tells you to do something but they can't do it?

A person who engages in hypocrisy is a hypocrite.

Hypocrite noun A hypocritical person.

Hypocritical adjective

Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Oxford Dictionary of English


When people behave the way you described I use the negative of the phrase practise what you preach, as in

He doesn't practise what he preaches.

Cambridge dictionary

to do the things that you advise others to do


In bird culture that is considered a d*ck move... But in all seriousness OP, your example just sounds like 'double standards'.

dou·ble stand·ard(noun) or double standards (plural noun): a rule or principle that is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups. EXAMPLE:"During snack time, Jane always received 3 cookies while Tim received none."