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Kid is sick, then carries on into family attraction

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Breadandbutta · 20/02/2026 14:35

I'm just interested in what other people think.
A kid, pale as a sheet, walking slowly, threw up just before the entrance to a family attraction this morning. I'd say they were about 9yrs, with mum/dad/siblings. Not much sick, mostly liquid, so presumably they had a fairly empty stomach. Dad gave the child some water to rinse his mouth and the family carried on into the attraction and headed straight to the toilets. Dad was walking alongside him. Mum didn't bat an eyelid and stayed with their other 2 children.

Aibu to think they should've gone home? I'm just curious as to what others think when they see a kid throwing up in public when about to embark on a half term day out in a busy place with lots of kids! Or is there probably a reasonable explanation for the kids sickness, other than a gastro bug?

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sandrapinchedmysandwich · 20/02/2026 14:38

I am emetephobic so prone to panic, but could he have been travel sick as opposed to ill?

Indianajet · 20/02/2026 14:37

I would have thought of travel sickness.

Egglio · 20/02/2026 14:36

Travel sickness maybe?