I need to settle an argument.

[CatMilkMan]

AIBU? I already know the answer, I think.

If something was planned for the 10th to the 17th but was moved back a week would you think that meant back to the 3rd to 10th or back to the 17th to 24th.

Is moving something from the 10th to the 17th to the 3rd to the 10th moving it back a week or forward a week?

Does this question make any sense at all?

Moving it back makes it later than planned. Moving it forward makes it earlier than planned.

Moving a date back is to push it later, ie in your example moving back to the 17th to 24th.

Moving a date forward is to bring is nearer to today, ie moving forward to 3rd to 10th

"Moving back" is 17th to 24th

"Bringing forward" is 3rd to 10th

That is good business lingo

HTH

Moving it back is making it a week earlier, so 3rd to the 10th. Time is linear. Back is reversing time. Forward is advancing time.

Moving it back makes it further away so the later dates, moving it forward makes it closer so the earlier week

Oh please tell us this is a hen night, wedding or something else we can really get our teeth into.

More details needed OP

And the front train is the first to leave :)

You are, of course, right and your dp is wrong

My initial thought was moving back would be 3rd - 10th although thinking about it a bit more can see how it would be 17th - 24th.

Either way I think it's a bit ambiguous and it's probably better to confirm with dates!

Twirlypoos I just saw your name and totally freaked out because I couldn't remember typing that

It's sort of hen night related! DP was supposed to be going out with friends to celebrate an engagement next week but it "got moved back" a week and only just found out it's tonight and not the week after the original week.

Put back = postpone, so moved to the later week (17th - 24th).

Nothing else makes any sense. If it was going to be the earlier week you would have been bringing it forward.

I have no idea how moving anything 'back' can mean it coming forward. Unless they are pushing from behind.

Illogical !

But, you see, it all depends which way the date is facing.

You face forwards, right? So, standing on the date and looking into the future, back means going to an earlier date and forward means a later, ie further into the future where you're facing, date.

I have trouble with maps unless I can turn them round to match the actual topography too...

Aaah ;) I'm sorry will nc

Oh god no! That wasn't at all what I meant - please don't nc on my behalf! I was confused about how Id written so much and couldn't remember doing it

There is more than enough twirly poo to go around, and we clearly both have awesome taste in usernames!

:) thank you. It's okay though, it might get confusing and this is a recent name

Back = later
Forward = earlier

So it was moved forward

Dh says move forward, I say previous week. Guess we will have to be very specific when changing plans

bring it forward to 3rd- move it back to 17th

i would however confirm it verbally

Moving an event back a week would imply moving to a week later than originally intended. Moving it forward a week would imply bringing it a week nearer to the present time. So your example of moving an event from 10-17th to the new dates of 17-24th is moving something back a week.

It's not the same as moving a clock back, when you make it 10 seconds/5 minutes/1hr earlier.