To think "Excited for"...

[softlysoftly]

... is wrong?

I'm really not sure

It seems to be popping up all over the place "I'm excited for visiting x this weekend" "whoop excited for the new game out".

Or "Excited to" that seems to be new as well.

It just sounds wrong and really really grinds on me but I might be wholly unreasonable and it's perfect grammar?

Surely it's "I'm excited about"??

Well I feel truly educated now by Bertie though realising it's America in origin has made me ever so slightly more irritated

Pumpkin send me your address I may need to relocate!

Blithereens hang your head in shame

pinkie1982 Your mother is a wonderful woman. For free is loathsome.

Thinking about it, Corus, I think I have the same connotation with "Did you feed the cat?"

If, say, I was tired and went to bed early and told DH "Don't forget to feed the cat." then later when he came to bed I might ask "Did you feed the cat?" but if it was a normal evening and I wasn't sure if the cat's bowl was empty because it was greedy or because it hadn't been fed then I'd say "Have you fed the cat?"