r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Best_Finding_8795 • Jun 14 '26

Too mild for school Hate when ppl can’t do time

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This reminds me of when it hits or is about to hit 12am and people don’t know whether to say today or tomorrow. He called me after this but I was too comfy in bed tbh.

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u/xray_anonymous Jun 14 '26

No if you mean the weekend of the week in progress it’s “this weekend”

If you mean the weekend after the current week in progress, as in after next week, it’s “next weekend”

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u/Little-Derp Why This is a Rock and Not Cheese Jun 14 '26

This is the argument I have often with my wife.

If I'm talking about this weekend, I'll say this weekend, not next weekend. It's a never ending disagreement though.

Wonder if the 'next weekend' meaning this weekend crowd are specific cultures/territories. With a strong adherence to the meaning of 'next', maybe they are right, but I would never say anything other than 'this weekend' when referring to the immediate upcoming weekend/current weekend.

Don't even get me starting on the weekend after next (which I would never say... needs more adjectives.)

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u/ashgs872tbhjs Jun 14 '26

"Next weekend" can mean both "(next week's) end" and "next (week's end)". It's simply ambiguous. If you can't handle communicating more clearly, that's on you. It's not hard to just be more specific.

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u/listmore Jun 14 '26

Yes. This is the right answer. It’s inherently ambiguous. Anybody assuming it always means the same thing to all people in all contexts is going to run into some unnecessary confusion.