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

Well obviously it is 1 as it isn't the next weekend

Next weekend or weekend after next

Next weekend, but I can’t keep up with who sticks to this obvious rule and who doesn’t so we tend to have a looong episode of going round the Wrekin of ‘yes, next weekend, not this weekend’ ‘next weekend?’ ‘Yes the next one, not this one’ etc

Oh this is an ongoing debate in our household (and nationally)!!

So I would say that in your scenario the Sat and Sun in 2 days time would be "this weekend" and the Sat/Sun in a week and a half's time would be "next weekend".

My husband would however say that "next weekend" is the weekend in two days time.

I believe we should all now agree that my way is the correct way and everyone will be happier and more content with their lives.

Just to add though I do also say "the weekend after next" meaning "next weekend". But although that makes no sense I am sticking with it.

Next time just say the weekend of the 20th or whatever the date is. No confusion with that

@Nothingclever

1. Weekend after next. Surely ‘next weekend’ literally means the next weekend ?

No it literally means the weekend after "this weekend"

So this weekend followed by next weekend.

😊

You can also think of "next weekend" as the week"end" after "NEXT week".

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3 days from Wednesday would be THIS weekend.

9 days from Wednesday would be NEXT weekend

2

The bus analogy further up thread is interesting. I think the issue might come from the dubious meaning of use of "next"

The previous poster is correct in that you would say "I'm getting this bus" if I could see the bus. Or "I'm getting the next bus" if I could see the bus and want going to take the one I could see. If I couldn't see any bus yet "I'm getting the next bus" would mean the first bus not the second.

You can therefore see why there are so many different interpretations of this and next weekend.

To me the is "this weekend". Almost short for "this weekend coming". And "next weekend" meaning the weekend after "this weekend".

However some posters seem to apply the bus analogy abs it's an issue of timing. When the weekend is closer, it's like the bus that can be seen and they stay referring to it as "this weekend". Until they can "see it" it's next weekend.

And for some people the coming weekend is always "next weekend" as it's short for "the next weekend".

Interesting!

I'd say "the weekend after next."
If it's Wednesday, the next weekend coming up will be in 3 days time. We're taking about the one after that, so it is the I've that comes after the next one.
If it's Wednesday and I am taking about the weekend due in 3 days, I would likely refer to it as "this weekend" if discussing plans (e.g "You said you would paint the shed this weekend").

It depends when you say it. On Wednesday it is clearly option 2. Ie next weekend is the weekend occurring in 9 days time.
But on Monday then next weekend could easily be the up coming weekend. Because we only just got through the last one.
Eg on Monday one might say, "the weather was crap let's hope it's better next weekend". And you are referring to the weekend starting in 5 days time.

Not this weekend, the weekend after that 🤷🏻‍♀️

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

First option is wrong, as this weekend is this weekend, not next. Might say the second one.

OR

2) " next weekend..."

Might also say this.

@MajesticWhine

It depends when you say it. On Wednesday it is clearly option 2. Ie next weekend is the weekend occurring in 9 days time. But on Monday then next weekend could easily be the up coming weekend. Because we only just got through the last one. Eg on Monday one might say, "the weather was crap let's hope it's better next weekend". And you are referring to the weekend starting in 5 days time.

No, that would be this weekend. As in the weekend of this week.

1. The weekend after next. I'd say this purely because I know there is confusion over it.

My DH would say 'next weekend' for the one in 2 days time. I would say 'this weekend'.

@HollyandIvyandallthingsYule

Anything in this week (including the weekend) is happening THIS WEEK. So this Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/etc. And this weekend.

Anything in next week is happening NEXT WEEK. Next Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/etc. And next weekend.

Agree with this.

All of the people saying 1 — if you were having a chat on a Tuesday about plans for the Friday, would you also call that “next Friday”? Surely that would be a really odd use of “next”? And I can’t see how weekends are any different.

This weekend = the end of this week
Next weekend = the end of next week

@HollyGoLoudly1

2. To use the bus analogy of a previous poster...

The weekend about to happen is the bus you can see coming. "I'm getting on this bus". If I say "I'm getting the next bus" I mean the one after the one that is currently coming. So next weekend to me means the one after the one that is coming.

This is a great explanation of my logic.

You can always see the next bus because we know Mon>Tues...>Sat>Sun

Ipf I'm talking about the weekend in 9 days as opposed to the one in 3 days I refer to it as "Not this weekend coming, next weekend"

Next weekend.

Like 'next week'

I would say "not this weekend, but the weekend after". Saves all this "next weekend" confusion.

This weekend (starts tomorrow)
Next weekend (Dec 5th & 6th)
Weekend after next (Dec 12th & 13th)

"Not THIS weekend, but NEXT weekend"

Accompanied by my right index finger pointing to the front of an imaginary bump (representing THIS weekend) and then to the back of the imaginary bump (representing NEXT weekend). Weird - wish I hadn't thought about it that much!

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