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AIBU to dislike people saying tomorrow after midnight?

15 replies

Mmmunch · 08/05/2026 00:15

It’s past midnight. I hate people say “tomorrow
, it will be raining etc. When it’s actually later that day.

As it’s already tomorrow

OP posts:
Whiskeyandkittens · 08/05/2026 00:16

I work night shifts, and it's not "tomorrow" til I've slept! Sorry!

TenInSport · 08/05/2026 00:23

As Whiskyandkittens has just said, for those of us who work "unsociable" hours, it isn't "tomorrow" until after the sleep!

SonyaLoosemore · 08/05/2026 00:24

VU. Tomorrow means when I wake up.

Watchingthedaysgoby · 08/05/2026 00:26

Yeah, tomorrow is from the next morning/daylight for me!

Pistachiocake · 08/05/2026 00:33

I suppose when we say "on the morrow" it means morning, as in after sunrise.

But if you're up until 5am and the sun's risen, then I agree.

Watchingthedaysgoby · 08/05/2026 00:44

Yeah it's weird. I think I view up to around 3.30am as still belonging to the day before, but 4am would be early hours of the morning so the next day. Makes no sense to be fair 😂

itsallsohard · 08/05/2026 00:46

Agree that "tomorrow" starts after I wake up. But it gets worse than that. If it's Wednesday, is the weekend still to come "next weekend" or is that "this weekend," or both possibly (and then, what do you call the past weekend: "last weekend" or "this weekend"? What if it's Monday? Or Friday?) Personally I've had to eliminate "this weekend" from my vocabulary because no one seems to agree.

Watchingthedaysgoby · 08/05/2026 00:47

Anyways I'm turning in as got to be up early tomorrow 😁 sorry op!

ultracynic · 08/05/2026 00:52

YABU. Tomorrow starts when I wake up. Right now is still tonight.

DoAWheelie · 08/05/2026 00:57

I'm the opposite. It's not tomorrow until I've been to bed. I often go to sleep in the small hours and when my late OH would say "you need to do xyz today" I'd have a minor panic and think I needed to stay up and finish it.

Today is the time between waking up and going back to bed, so tomorrow can't also happen today.

managingexpectations · 08/05/2026 01:03

I agree with @Whiskeyandkittens
as a shift worker tomorrow is after I’ve slept. Same with every shift worker I know.
it’s still today (thursday) for me right now!

bornwithhorns · 08/05/2026 01:10

I am like many previous posters , even if I sit up wrapping on Christmas Eve till 4 am ( tech December 25th )
I don’t see it as Christmas Day until I’ve slept and woken up

managingexpectations · 08/05/2026 01:27

itsallsohard · 08/05/2026 00:46

Agree that "tomorrow" starts after I wake up. But it gets worse than that. If it's Wednesday, is the weekend still to come "next weekend" or is that "this weekend," or both possibly (and then, what do you call the past weekend: "last weekend" or "this weekend"? What if it's Monday? Or Friday?) Personally I've had to eliminate "this weekend" from my vocabulary because no one seems to agree.

@itsallsohard
It’s this weekend if the weekend is still to come no matter what day you’re talking about it be it Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
It’s next weekend if there’s a weekend to fall in between the day you’re on and the weekend starting
its last weekend from the Monday onwards until the next weekend 😂

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 08/05/2026 07:33

This weekend/Wednesday is the weekend/Weekend which is part of this week. Eg: Saturday 9 May, Sunday 10 May
Next weekend/Wednesday is the weekend/Wednesday which is part of next week. Eg: Saturday 16 May, Sunday 17 May

Tomorrow - definitely after you wake up. If you stay up all night, you just know.

TheTortiePuffinNeedsHerBreakfast · 08/05/2026 07:36

I can't say that this comes up very often in my life as I go to bed before midnight, but I agree with most PP that if I haven't slept yet it's still the night before.

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