Like, your husband asks you to be quiet when you come in late, then is loud when he comes in late. Or not to talk across rooms, but is constantly yelling from other rooms himself? Sentence I would use it in: I wish that you would follow your own rules, as I find your behavior very XXXXX and not fair.
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Make that Quiet ( not quite) in the example – user250517 Aug 01 '17 at 17:43
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1Inconsiderate or discourteous might work. – Davo Aug 01 '17 at 17:47
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While I totally agree, was looking for something along the lines of hypocrite, but that isn't quite right? Duplicitous was what I was thinking, but after looking that up it isn't right either... – user250517 Aug 01 '17 at 17:52
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If you mean lacking a sense of moral responsibility or social conscious, try sociopath. – Davo Aug 01 '17 at 18:45
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The other question is "do the opposite" and the OP description seems to fit that. If however a person thought they were above such rules, you might try a word like "autocrat" 1.1 An imperious person who insists on complete obedience from others. ‘Eva was an autocrat—people didn't argue unless they had a lot of courage’ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/autocrat I don't think it is hypocritical for parents to expect different behavior from kids than they do themselves. With power comes privilege. – Tom22 Aug 01 '17 at 21:50
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hypocrite:
one who does not act according to how they expect others to act.
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1hypocritical is the proper form of hypocrite that would fit in OPs example – depperm Aug 01 '17 at 18:47