Bless me or pardon me when sneezing?

[PrincessConsuelaBannanaHammock]

When other people sneeze I usually say bless you, if I sneeze I say bless me. Always have done, probably because my parents do too.

DP says pardon me if he sneezes

Just curious as to what's the norm for people?

I am in no way religious so saying bless me isn't a religious thing for me, it's only just occurred to me recently that it might even be construed as a religious thing?

Yes it comes from the plague. Sneezing was one of the earliest symptoms.

I say Bless you/Excuse me

Excuse me.

I find it annoying that we have sayings for sneezing. We don't with coughing. With a burp or a fart it's just"excuse me" with no blessings stowed.

There used to be a belief that when you sneezed your heart momentarily stopped for a (mili) second. You were "blessed" to ensure your heart started beating again

Excuse me. I'm a multi-sneezer, and can cause awkwardly lengthy interruptions.

I usually use the Spanish version "Jesús" (hay-zeus) to bless myself when I'm alone, just because it makes me smile..

Excuse me

I don't think you can bless yourself? I'd feel v uncomfortable saying bless me, even though I'm not religious! I think it just sounds a bit self important/selfish!
So I say bless you, but pardon or excuse me.

I say Bless you,excuse me I think its weird to bless yourself

I always say excuse me after a sneeze, don't see why bringing germs into the world should be blessed or am I missing something ??

I say Bless you / bless me

Monday55 it was because sneezing was one of the first signs of the plague. So if a person sneezed, someone would bless them in the hopes they would be saved

I stay silent after I sneeze and wait to be blessed 😂

Bless you I say If someone sneezes.

My DD says bless you if someone coughs 🙈🤦🏻‍♀️

It is meant to be prayer power so death and germs doesn't get you

I say 'bless your cotton socks!' No idea why!

“Bless you” if someone else.

Generally fumble for a tissue if it’s me sneezing.

I say bless me, although I know this isn’t the norm. I say bless you to others sneezing.

Aww my gran used to say Bless your cotton socks ☺

I stopped saying "bless you" a few years ago because it annoyed me and it's pointless, and other people sneezing gets on my nerves.

I will say "excuse me" if I've caused a bit of a disturbance with my sneezing. I'm another multi-sneezer.

Excuse me or pardon me if you sneeze. Bless you if someone else does. Bless me is sort of ironic/joky...

Excuse me.

I say excuse me if I sneeze or cough.

Pardon me if I burp.

Bless you if someone else sneezes.

Excuse me for me
Bless you for someone else

I thought “bless me” was something 6 year olds say when they’re trying to be funny?

Where I come from you don’t say anything, it would be rude too.

Love bless your cotton socks

I say "gesundheit"