Hahaha. I say do you have a cold, or get away from me sometimes depending on the situation. Check out girl at the supermarket I often change lanes, I don’t trust people to say it is a cold. My MIL is famous for saying she has an allergy, but it lasts one week and a grandchild catches it. Yesterday a friend did not sneeze, but when she greeted me her voice gave away she was sick. I am so glad she didn’t try to hug me when she saw me. I said right to herm oh, so I shouldn’t get close and took two steps back. I do have a feeling she probably brought an appetizer or dessert to the party, because she is one of those people who usually feels she has to bring something, that freaks me out a little. I didn’t eat anything that was not made by the host. Still serving spoons could have been touched, but I am pretty sure I ate before my sick friend.
I say God bless you or gasundheit usually. I say God bless you and not just bless you, because if I am going to go ahead and say the bless you, I figure might as well add the God since originally it was used to ward of the devil. I also use God forbid when saying something out loud that we would never wish to happen to keep away evil. It’s a superstitious thing really. I am an atheist and not superstitious, but I say these things mostly for the other person or because I think the tradition is a nice one.