Is ‘next Sunday’ the one coming up or the one after?

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Just that really. If today is Wednesday and someone refers to ‘next Sunday’ do they mean the one in 4 days time or 11 days time? I assumed 4 days time.

11 days. The one in 4 days is this Sunday.
If someone says to you "do you want to do something this Sunday?"... which Sunday do you think their referring to?

There was a thread on this a month or so ago.
It's the one in 11 days.
The one in 4 days is "this Sunday" , or simply, "Sunday"

11 days time. This Sunday would be 4 days

Last Sunday is the one just past.
This Sunday is the one due in 4 days.
Next Sunday is the next one after This Sunday

super simple 😬

The one after.

Not this Sunday, next Sunday is commonly said

generally 11 days unless they say 'the' next Sunday coming or similar.

its probably better to say, a week on Sunday, to avoid confusion

Someone had an almost identical thread just a few weeks ago.

Last Sunday is the one 3 days ago.

This Sunday is the one in 4 days, as it’s this coming Sunday.

Next Sunday is the one in 11 days as it’s the next after this Sunday.

11 days time , 4 days time is this Sunday . I have this issue with my MIL all the time . She will say what are you doing next Sunday … on a Friday … meaning in 2 days time which I just don’t understand - when is this Sunday then ? . Now I always put the actual date in a message or ask her do you mean Sunday 23rd or Sunday 30th .

Thank you. My mind just jumped to this Sunday being the next one coming up! I stand corrected.

The one after.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5557553-is-next-weekend-on-a-monday-five-days-away-or-twelve-aibu?postsby=bolwin1

I would say referring to “Sunday” is the one coming and “next Sunday” being the one after

I've heard it used both ways. Using "next Sunday" to mean a week on Sunday has never made sense to me, unless "this Sunday" has already been referred to.

If I'm sat at a bus stop and say I'm getting on the next bus, do you expect me to sit and wait for one to pass by, and then get on the one after? That would only make sense if, e.g., we see a bus in the distance, someone asks if I'm getting on this bus, and I say no, the next one.

It is not “ this Sunday” but “ next Sunday” but I know some people don’t get this do usually give a date or say “ not this Subday but next Sunday”

This is my view too.

This is exactly how my mind worked when I was told next Sunday. The next one. Like buses!

It’s ambiguous, it could be used to mean either unless it’s the ‘not this Sunday, next Sunday’ thing.

Mine does too. Next Sunday is the next one coming up. The following one is a week on Sunday!

I completely agree with this, my DH does not, it often causes confusion

If it's Monday to Saturday, the next Sunday is the next Sunday.
If it's Saturday, then 'tomorrow' is used instead and the next Sunday is week after.

Very similar wording if I recall correctly.

OMG I had no idea whatsoever it could refer to in 11 days.

I think it ALWAYS needs clarification 😀 It's part of a social verbal dance that we all secretly enjoy.

”Next Sunday” is 11 days time
“This Sunday” is 4 days time.
But my DH has autism so I have to be super specific - “Next Sunday, babe, as in not in 4 days time, but next week (whatever I need to ask about)”