To say it's the calendar date that matters, not the day?

[IconicKitty]

Help me settle a debate.

A friend of mine counts a year as the same day of the week an event occurred. So for example, if something happened on Saturday 19th February 2022, they will say it's a year on Saturday 18th February 2023 'because it happened on a Saturday'.

They do the same things with months too - they will say 'x is a month today' when they mean four weeks today, not a calendar month.

I said by this logic, birthdays would be a different date every year if we stuck to the day of the week, not the actual date

I know I'm being petty but it annoys me. AIBU?

LOL what a fucking fruit loop! Reminds me of a woman I used to know who swore down 100% that there were 13 months in the year. She was determined each month was 4 weeks long, and as there are 52 weeks in a year, then OBVIOUSLY there are 13 months. And there is not. It's 4 weeks and 2 or 3 days (except February of course.)

Even when presented with the proof, she refused to back down. We asked her to name all 13 months. She shook her head and told us to not be so stupid. (Probably was because she could only name 12... funny that!)

An old neighbour of mine used to do something similar. If someone went away for say, the weekend of Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September 2022, then 4 weeks later (so Saturday 22nd October Sunday 23rd October,) she would say 'it's been a month today since you were away.' I'd say 'no, it's been 4 weeks.' She'd say (with a puzzled look,) 'yeah but that's a month.' I ignored her and didn't argue back, because I knew 100% that she was wrong.

This type of person is the same kind of dim-witted person, who claimed the new Millennium started on 1st January 2001, when it was quite obviously 1st January 2000! Fucking ridiculous. How do these people get through life when they're so obtuse/daft/wrong about such obvious, simple stuff?!

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I can understand that. The things you do on a Sunday vs Monday would resonate more strongly than the actual date.

I had a close bereavement 30+ years ago. It hits harder on the years that the days of the week fall the same. It also hits harder if it's the same weather.

Wishing you strength to keep going through the next week or so xxx

This.

Doesn't counting the weeks require far more effort than just waiting for the date to come around again.

I have no clue if my birthday was the 3rd/4th Sunday of the year but I do know my birthday is the 20th.

I could count on a calendar but that would only serve to prove that my birthday was not actually going to fall on a Sunday every year....

YANBU. This is daft! If "a month from now" means four weeks then does "twve months from now" mean 48 weeks?! That only works if there are 13 months in a year....

@PurpleButterflyWings
Technically the new millennium actually started in 1st Jan 2001.

A millennium is 1000 years.

There wasn't a year 0, it started with year 1. Therefore a full year can only be complete at the end it of it.

Eg: the first century would end at the end of the year 100. And the new century would start 1st Jan 101.