(March 11, 2014 at 2:34 pm)Shell B Wrote: I know why it is said. I still say "bless you." I really don't see the harm in it and am very used to people saying it when I sneeze. I don't think the anti-bless you brigade is a mantle I want to take up.
That's pretty much been my attitude. I try to be polite, so I always say "bless you", but it does seem silly. Maybe I'll switch to gesundheit, since that apparently means "good health" and is well known enough to be a socially acceptable response in the US.
That's MISTER Godless Vegetarian Tree Hugging Hippie Liberal to you.
