To think this mother and father should be disgusted with themselves?

[Plinkyplonk]

I've been out to dd's first show tonight and I am so very very proud of her, but, one thing has marred it.

A young couple (who's daughter was dancing) brought their son with them, I would say he was no older than 5.

As soon as they took their seats he laid down and went to sleep, next thing, he was projectile vomiting over the seats at the back of him and the floor, his mum cleaned him up and he was sat with his eyes rolling into the back of his head, face bright red and sweat dripping down his face. His father sat and did nothing, then, they gave him 2 bottles of cola. When someone mentioned he should be at home she stated very loudly "we've paid for the tickets and we are staying'.

He fell asleep again (very very fifully) and once again threw up for the second time over a poor elderly lady sat at the back of him and then soiled himself, only at this point (10 minutes from the end) was he taken out.

NOT ONCE did his mother apologise, though her dad did say 'sorry, he has been like this since last night' WTF? I am sooooooooooo pissed off, a very special night was marred by the fact we had to sit with a sickly smell lingering all night

I sincerely hope she is not going to be there tomorrow night with the poor little mite, otherwise I may have to say something.

Well if they had tickets for both performances, that just makes them plain selfish.
There's no reason why one of them couldn't have stayed home with the poor little boy. And you'd think they would have learned their lesson after the first time but they just repeated the whole disastrous episode again. Nuts.

Aw poor little boy! I can understand if he was unexpectedly ill, these things happen, but if that had been any of my children, I'd have taken them out immediately. It's not plaesant for anyone else and certainly not pleasant for the ill child! If there were two parents there then it shouldn't have been a problem for one of them to take the boy out and the other stay. Even if it had been one parent then the child in the performance will surely have understood her little brother was ill and therefore had to been taken out.