Is 'next weekend' on a Monday five days away or twelve? - AIBU

[bolwin1]

I went to visit my DD / grandkids last weekend. It's a 200 mile journey each way & I usually stay over for a couple of days, sleeping on their sofa.
I had a WhatsApp conversation with DD on the previous Monday & we agreed I'd visit 'next weekend'. I arrived on the Friday evening as normal only to be met by a confused Son-In-Law who was expecting me the following weekend. As always, they were very gracious & re-arranged one friends visit (I wouldn't have minded either way). We had a great time, took the grand-kids / DD out for a meal etc. etc. I've asked a few friends / relatives & opinion is fairly split.
So, my AIBU is,
if you are speaking to someone on a Monday, is 'next weekend' 5 days away or 12 days away
YABU - it's 12 days away
YANBU - it's 5 days away

"This weekend" is the next Sat/Sun and "Next weekend" is the one after 😀.

12 days

12 days, but if someone else said it to me I'd normally ask them to clarify which they meant, especially if on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday.

This is always as a grey area as I find everyone has different interpretations so I’d always clarify exact dates ie next weekend Saturday 25th etc

Different people understand different things - no one is wrong or right. Just make sure you always clarify with the date.

Common sense would be to always clarify.

I have always thought that the weekend just gone was called ‘last weekend’; the weekend coming at the end of this week is ‘this weekend’ and the weekend after that is ‘the following weekend or weekend after next’.

So in my very humble opinion, I’m not much help at all with your dilemma!

Going against the grain but I would say next weekend meaning the coming one. "What are you doing next weekend?"

Next just refers to something coming up in the future.

First reply nails it