Do you get sick a lot?

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I am talking about colds and flus and stuff like that.

nearly every single time people get sick at work or at home I pick it up and get sick too.

it annoying.

Are you like this?

Yes, and especially after I had pneumonia the first time (now I've had it 3 times). Since then my immune system has been ravaged.

Im actually the complete opposite. I practically NEVER get sick. Then again I run around with so many allergies Ive never been able to breathe out my nose until recently.

Well, I had a fairly long-lasting sinus problem this winter, but otherwise no. I usually get strep throat about once every 18 mos, but that is it.

I very rarely get sick. Maybe a couple times a year. But my allergies are really bad so I usually can't breathe through my nose.

i catch a cold about once a year, then that is complicated by acute/chronic sinusitis/sinus infections and bronchitis/chest infections/atypical pneumonia, that knocks me on my ass for about 2 months on average, that refuses to abate before at least 2 courses of 2nd-line bugkillers.

I used to get sick a lot as a child and teenager, but since getting in shape in my twenties I never get sick. I also heal really fast for whatever reason.

Yup. Crappy old immune system.

I caught two colds in three weeks a month or so ago. I'm always getting ill. Colds are a part of life for me...

Last month I got sick twice. Once with the flu, and the other time with gastritis. It was definitely annoying.

I don't catch viruses easily despite being otherwise in bad health. You don't need to have constant colds or flu for others to perceive you as a "sick" person. My allergies as well as the aftermath of past surgery complications have taken care of that for me. Regarding the "flu", I might catch something like that maybe once a year, usually in the spring (need to be watching out right now), and almost always can shake off the main symptoms within 24 hours or so, even though some conditions like chest congestion can linger for weeks, affecting everyday abilities like speech.

I did as a child in public school but I think it was because the constant strees of endless bullying weakned by immune system.

I used to get sick a lot, but I had an undiagnosed medical condition. Now I'm still probably not considered in good health, but I don't get stuff like viruses. I take imunosuppressants daily so I make a point to stay away from sick people.

No. I sometimes go entire years without so much as a cold. I can't remember the last time I was sick, aside from the time I had vertigo this year, but I think that was because I was dehydrated. I get occassional colds and flus, but I don't get them nearly as often as other people. Neither me nor my siblings have ever broken any bones in their entire lives, which is pretty awesome. I don't know what it was, maybe a mix of not going to the hospital all the time for small things (like some people I know; they got prescribed antibiotics just for the flu, but I don't know if they had something else wrong with her), being breastfed (which possibly may have been a factor), and genetics.

I rarely get the cold or flu, I also rarely ever take any kind of medication.

I rarely get flu or colds, I do get hay fever though from mid/late April until late May and have done for the last 4 years, and I'm currently well into this year's spell. There are tablets for those in the kitchen but I haven't taken them yet, I really should because it's annoying having to blow my nose every 2 milliseconds and spit and having sneezing sessions where I sneeze about 7 times in a row.
I do get stomach aches and headaches quite a lot but that's mostly to do with an anxiety problem I've been having this year.