How to reply to “bless you” after a sneeze

[HareOverThere]

What’s a suitable reply to “bless you” when you sneeze, that won’t kill a fairy but doesn’t sound weird?

"I don't need your fucking blessing- what are you- the pope?" Or just say "thank you" like the rest of us.

I had no idea I'd killed so many fairies. As I've typed this I've just seen a PP say it's the sneeze that does it and not the thank you...but my point still stands!

I say thank you and I don't even care that I've killed so many fairies. I've always disliked them since I saw Peter Pan. Tinkerbell really is a bit of a bitch.

Thank you?

Is life really this complicated?

Well this is news to me!

It is if you don't want to kill faerie's!🧚🧚🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚‍♂️

I'm going to be sure to take all my passive aggressive anger out on the fairies by politely saying thankyou and killing one every time someone says bless you.

It seems so, I only want a straightforward alternative response for it and there just isn’t one

I didn’t wee much. Result.

Yes, I like those ones. Irish fairies are dangerous, grasping and amoral. I don’t get on with the skippy, twee Flower Fairy kind. Though I suppose they’re less likely to exchange your baby for a changeling or curse your cattle.

Thank you. Always.

This is making me laugh, I have also heard that it also means 'be less you' ..I've forgotten the whole 'explanation' but satanic ritual was involved somewhere.

Person in same room as the sneezer: “Bless you”
sneezer: “Excuse me”
Is how it’s always been for me….

I didn’t think ‘bless you’ was appropriate anymore in case you were responding to an atheist.

No wonder I've never seen a fairy, they've all be killed off by the thankers 😫

Could always do/say thumbs up!

LOL 😂

If you say thank you, it cancels the blessing

No wonder i don't have any luck. I need to be blessed!!

What should I say so I can keep it? It's hayfever season so I'm sneezing a lot.

Say thank you and the clap your hands and say you believe in fairies to revive the dead fairy you killed form saying thank you

I can only speak for myself but as an atheist, I say bless you and thank you because it’s a folklore thing not anything to do with religion.

I was told that when you sneeze your soul flies out of your mouth so you say “bless” you to send it back. I do not believe that the soul exists/ flies out of your mouth! But I do like the sociable to-and-fro of the sneezing-bless you tradition.

There isn’t an alternative because it’s a tradition, not a conversation.

I usually say sorry (for sneezing)

noooooo! you don't reply AT ALL because that implies you think you need it

thanks for that insight 🙄