People who say "oh bless ME!!"

[Imknackeredzzz]

I know I'm being unreasonable - but I'm not into the whole "bless you " when people sneeze thing. At least not all the time.

It really aggravates me when someone sneezes around me and if I don't say it- I get th the 'death stare!' And then usually a loud "bless ME!!!"...to make a point!

Just go away wth your germs!!!!

Try living in France where there is a formal response to the first three!
A tes souhaits (to your wishes)
A tes amours ( to your loves)
And for the third one a blimmin poem which I never remember and CBA to Google!

badtime
I am atheist. I still bless sneezes. Yes it is rude to ignore the social conventions and traditions of the culture you are in (assuming you live in England). Better look how intorlerant you are of English culture first, before you start throwing stones.

Do you bless a second or subsequent sneeze or is it safe to assume the blessing didn't work and not bother ?

I usually say "Bless us" and then "Excuse me".

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_jd_0ZChHmY
If anyone fancies a bit of light entertainment re: sneezing. 7 minutes long but Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sooo

badtime, if you are living in England and making a huge song and dance over something as minor and harmless as blessing a sneeze, YOU are the intolerant one.

Is this really the only thing you feel strongly enough about on which to take a grand moral stand?

I'm an atheist and say bless you/me.

Although I deliberately don't say it to people I don't like.

Petty triumphs are sometimes all I have so I embrace it

Ah thanks for clearing that up. I was mildly offended that she implied I had the devil in me.

But back to the OP, Oh bless ME is irritating if said in combination with a death stare, sounds like "Fine, I'll do it myself then so there".

Bless you- thank you
Bless ME - Fuck off

I say excuse me. My 21mo DS says moo-me. So cute.

500 years ago it began with a religious inspiration. Nowadays nobody thinks of it as a religious thing or takes it seriously in a God/devil context. It's just two words you say to be polite when someone sneezes. It's no more religious than saying, "Oh for God's sake" or "Oh my God" when something surprises or horrifies you.

If someone fails to bless you after a sneeze and on account of being an atheist, they will be laughed out of the room.

Sheba actually saying "for gods sake" and "oh my god" is actually frowned upon by religious people as its classed as taking his name in vain. My DF is very churchy and DS1 is often told off by him for it.

I bless myself because i dont expect anyone else to do it, not because other people dont do it.

When DP sneezes he says "bless you". To himself twat