5/23 Check In

[aves0708]

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AW/Vents/ Encounters this week:







QOTW: Do you say anything when someone sneezes?

[namastebiotches]

AW/Vents/ Encounters this week: Nothing that I can think of besides my mom still praising the lord about my nephew that's still in the NICU. I'm over it.


QOTW: Do you say anything when someone sneezes? Nope Lol
But to DS, I usually say bless you for some reason at times. Weird. Hahaha

[aves0708]

AW/Vents/Encounters: We went to another wedding this weekend. I know the couple is religious, but after she walked down the isle she and the groom sat down in chairs. I really hate when there are entire sermons during a wedding and as soon as I saw the chairs come out I knew that was coming. Thankfully DD had no desire to sit through that either so we were up walking around. We came back to watch the vows.

The wedding was in my home town so we got to spend some nice time with my parents. My dad and I were talking and somehow the topic of instruments came up, I offhandedly said how I've always wanted to learn piano. He said " if you learned piano you could play in some church events". Um no thanks dad.

QOTW: I stopped saying bless you a few years ago, long after I'd decided I didn't believe in God. I just kept saying it for awhile because it was ingrained in my head, then one day I was like "why am I saying this"? Now I don't say anything but it still feels a little strange. It feels silly to me to acknowledge a sneeze but not a cough.

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AW/Vents/encounters: Nothing much going on over here.

QOTW:
In Dutch you can say the equivalent of 'Cheers' or 'Good health' if someone sneezes, so we don't have anything with religious connotations there. In English speaking company I would have no problem saying 'Bless you', maybe in the same way that I wish my heathen family 'Merry Christmas'or 'Happy Easter'

[sewfie2]

Thanks, aves0708.

Not much of a vent, but it's related to the QOTW. We hear "have a blessed day" frequently from cashiers. Doesn't matter what store we're at, chances are good they're gonna say it. I don't particularly mind it, but I do feel like it's a presumptive and a bit showy. The dc lady writes "have a blessed weekend" every Friday on the daily sheet.

I do say 'bless you' to be polite, though I wish that gesundheit was used more often.

[cavewmn]

AW/Vents/ Encounters this week:
I don't remember any this week.

QOTW: Do you say anything when someone sneezes?
Bless you is an automatic reflex if I say anything. Don't care enough to change it.

[aves0708]

@dutchkatie, Are you from The Netherlands/Holland (not sure which is preferred)?

[ovenrack]

QOTW: I say "gesundheit", or "a tes souhaits" (french, "to your wishes"), "excuse you", or "you are sooooo good looking," a la Seinfeld.


Jerry: You know, if you want to make a person feel better after they sneeze, you shouldn't say 'God bless you', you should say, 'You're sooo good lookin''.
The Good Samaritan

H (my son, age 2.25) has picked up "bless you" from daycare which is adorable and fine with me. Not as funny as my choices, though.

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May 23, 2016 19:45:31 GMT -5 aves0708 said:

@dutchkatie , Are you from The Netherlands/Holland (not sure which is preferred)?

Yep, I am in and from The Netherlands. Technically Holland is a part/region of The Netherlands, but it's often used interchangeably even by the Dutch themselves. The opposite of the USA being called America. 

Dutch is close to German and we say 'gezondheid' , similar to 'gesundheit'. I did not realize that the German was used in English as well. 

Learning a bit every day

[aves0708]

May 24, 2016 4:01:24 GMT -5 @dutchkatie said:

May 23, 2016 19:45:31 GMT -5 aves0708 said:

@dutchkatie , Are you from The Netherlands/Holland (not sure which is preferred)?

Yep, I am in and from The Netherlands. Technically Holland is a part/region of The Netherlands, but it's often used interchangeably even by the Dutch themselves. The opposite of the USA being called America. 

Dutch is close to German and we say 'gezondheid' , similar to 'gesundheit'. I did not realize that the German was used in English as well. 

Learning a bit every day

My husband had a chance to work in The Netherlands in 2014 so he was there for 3 months. He loved it and I was able to go over and spend two weeks with him. We visited Amsterdam but we also saw so much more of the country. We both loved it. Everyone was so welcoming and the whole country was beautiful!

[aves0708]

@iliketurtles I'll add you next week!

[namastebiotches]

May 24, 2016 7:51:28 GMT -5 . said:

QOTW: Do you say anything when someone sneezes??:

[/b] Years ago we decided to stop saying Bless You and instead we started borrowing from the sentiment in Germanic languages, so now we just yell "HEALTH!". Admittedly it's kind of ridiculous, but no more so than Bless You, I guess?[/quote]


Damn I botched the quote

Love 'health'! I would probably crack up saying it though

[ovenrack]

May 24, 2016 12:12:35 GMT -5 @saveourship said:

Thanks for starting, aves0708 !


AW/Vents/ Encounters this week: I feel like mine is kinda the same as last week. We went to a wedding this past weekend and before dinner The DJ told everyone to bow their heads and they had a relative stand up and say grace for everyone. I had no idea what to do in that situation. Is saying grace in big party settings becoming a thing?


QOTW: Do you say anything when someone sneezes? I usually say bless you. I don't really think about it too much.

I suppose it makes sense if it is a religious wedding...

Whenever this happens, I just wait quietly.  

[ovenrack]

@saveourship, sounds like a DJ with a secret agenda, then!