Great question! Yeah, I always wonder what people actually mean when they say “We should go out to dinner next Tuesday”, and today’s Sunday, for example. Do they mean the Tuesday in two days, or the following Tuesday in 9 days? Agggh.
My guess is that the person means the Tuesday of next week, not this week, but technically the “next” Tuesday is the one in 2 days! Sigh…
Same thing when someone says “We went to the park last Sunday” and today’s Tuesday. Do they mean the Sunday 2 days ago, or the Sunday 9 days ago?! Egads.
I usually like to say “We went to the park on Sunday.” or “We went to the park just this past Sunday.”
And “We should go to dinner next Tuesday, not this Tuesday, but the next Tuesday”.
Lol.