Bless You Situation

[tarotgal]

eowyngreenleaf was talking about blessing people (or not, as the cause usually is) in her LJ a few posts back. I've had similar conversations with others about this topic, and while some people in "the community" even consider it part of their fetish to bless people after they sneeze (like a way of getting involved more intimately in the sneeze), many of us (maybe even most) feel uncomfortable about doing so publically.

I personally will say it to my boyfriend because he knows about my fetish and expects some sort of reaction- but I don't like the sound of those words coming out of my mouth and I usually say something like "you're so sexy" instead. And I'll say it to my best friends just to be nice, and to practice but I actually feel uncomfy most times then... I just don't like to hear it come out of my mouth...

Now, the odd thing is, which I discovered yesterday walking through one building on campus, is that I MENTALLY bless people. I hear a sneeze, like, twenty feet away and I say 'bless you!' in my head very enthusiastically. The sentiment just doesn't translate outward... and sometimes I think it with lots of excitement, sometimes sing-song-like. I just don't say it out loud. Now, that is weird!