How do you refer to future weekends?

[littlealex]

This sounds really silly but could you guys solve an argument for me that has been going for about 10 years!?

If we were say it is currently Wednesday night. and you were to refer to the weekend that happens in 9 days time (ie: not the weekend that will happen in approximately 2 days, but the weekend that will happen 7 days after the 2 days have elapsed) , would you say in casual conversation, either:

1. " the weekend after next..." or perhaps "not this weekend but the next one"

OR

2. " next weekend..."

Please reply with 1) or 2) and if you can be bothered explain why?

TIA x

1. The weekend after next.

Obviously.

The weekend in two or three days is this weekend. The one the week after is next weekend.

Next weekend.
This weekend is the one at the end of this week, it’s all in the name. Next weekend is the weekend at the end of next week. Last weekend is the weekend at the end of last week.
It’s a week end.

Going by your question I will say Saturday week so not this Saturday but the Saturday a week later.

I agree, confusing definition of the word, next.

Whenever someone uses the phrase ‘next’ in terms of date, I always clarify whether it’s the first Monday (or whenever), or the following one the week after.

Sounds like the sort of discussion I'd have with DH😂

1. weekend after next.

Because next weekend for me is always the closest weekend so in your example the one in two days time.

@Angrymum22

Next weekend. This weekend is the one at the end of this week, it’s all in the name. Next weekend is the weekend at the end of next week. Last weekend is the weekend at the end of last week. It’s a week end.

But the weekend forthcoming is the next weekend to occur chronologically so could be described as the next.

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The one in 2 days might get called this weekend or next weekend. The one in 9 days would always be called the weekend after next though.

I'd want to say 2. But would likely clarify it with a date/number of days time as I'm aware some people might think I meant this weekend.

If I was talking about next week, I'd say next week. So it makes sense that the weekend of that week is next weekend.

But I also see the logic that people could argue that next weekend is the errr next weekend. It is confusing.

1. Because it’s correct.

I use 2 DH uses 1, causes frequent confusion

1. The weekend is literally the end of the week.

You’re in this week already so the end of this week is two days away on Friday.
The next week, and consequently it’s end will be the following week.

Therefore, this week ends 28/29th November and next week ends on 5/6th December.

For me next weekend is the weekend coming up. The following weekend would be the weekend after next

That said as per others if it was a Friday I would use this weekend and next weekend would be the following - never thought about it before but it's confusing

The end of THIS week is this weekend.

The end of next week is next weekend.

option 2 - next weekend. The weekend coming up is this weekend. The weekend just gone is last weekend. The weekend after this one is next weekend. Last, this, next lol

Next weekend. The weekend coming up would be this weekend.

28/29th Nov - this weekend
5/6th Dec - next weekend
12/13th Dec - weekend after next

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In the same way that if you were referring to the Friday in two days time you would say ‘this Friday’ you wouldn’t say ‘next Friday.’

Also that same as referring to anything in the current week we are in as ‘this week’ and anything in the following week as ‘next week.’

If I was referring to the weekend starting in a couple of days on the Sunday that was a few days ago I would have referred to it as next weekend. But from Monday onwards it changes from ‘next weekend’ to ‘this weekend.’

Probably not explained that very well but I know what I mean!!

It used to be only Americans who called the first weekend coming up "next weekend," I swear.

Anyway, my view is that "this weekend," like "this Wednesday" or whatever, is the one in the week we are in now: so if it's Wednesday, the weekend is "this weekend."

The one after that is "the weekend after next."

Therefore there is NO "next weekend." we need a gavel emoticon, Mumsnet, for when the RULING IS FINAL!!

Oh, all right, if you miss the phrase, on Saturday you can refer to the following Saturday as "next weekend."

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