I judged. I am curious to know how the always impressive Mumsnet anti-judgers are going to excuse this one...

[DuffyFluckling]

At the swimming pool. Woman and friend plus ds of about 4 and dd of about 2. Children having a lovely time. Every once in a while one or other of the children would turn a delicate shade of green and the mother or friend would hoik them over to the side of the pool where they would be copiously sick in the bushes. Child would sit quietly for a few minutes, before leaping back into the pool and continuing having lots of fun.

Now surely, either
(a) the children have a tummy bug, in which case take them home before my children and everyone elses get it, thanks.
or (b) the children have some sort of non-contageous, long standing allergy or something, in which case be more organised than to let them vomit in the bushes by the pool where everyone is playing.

Can I judge in horror? Or is there a perfectly uderstandable and reasonable explanation for this?

er....yuk, I can think of no reasonable explanation to take two vomitin children to a swimming pool.

Just like I can't think of a reason to take children with diarrhoea to a swimming pool and not leave immediately.

Ugh, that is very strange, surely if they were ill they shouldn't be in a swimming pool?

Yeuch.
Judge away, I say.
What strange people.

Woah. I would judge. And I would leave before my children caught whatever the hell it was. Can't think of a reasonable explanation for allowing your children to contaminate a swimming pool with their vomity germs.

Yanbu but..you stayed?!?

Blimey I would have been more gone than a gone thing on wheels out of there.

YANBU eeeewwww!!

Well maybe the children, er... Perhaps the mother had a... Haven't you ever...

Nope can't do it.

Having a phobia of that sort of thing, I would have been out of the place, after having complained loudly to the pool manager that they hadn't removed the kids

That's absolutely revolting.

well tcha judgy judge pants...maybe both of them had spontaeneously developed an inner ear dizzy thing while swimming and and and...nope can't do it either

WOW. I would definately have made a complaint about that, totally out of order, no excuse what so ever!

not nice, my dd has had a similar sounding bug for the last few days, she hasn't left the house

Ugh. Disgusting. In theory the chlorine shoud kill whatever bug it was they were excreting but stil1, that is foul. What if she hadn't spotted in time and they had puked in the pool? I would have complained.

Oh my goodness, poor kid!
YANBU, I think it's horrid. Even if child wasn't sick when she left the house (and we all know how quickly some tummy stuff comes on) she should have left after first vomit episode.
judge away! I think i would have done, and I really am an anti judger

Yuk.

"Non-judgers" my arse, there's no such thing. There are situations where it might be wise not to judge and there could be a good reason... BUT - if you judge and someone here tut tuts about it, then they're being judgeypants in that way aren't they, judging you for judging.

We all judge. IMHO.

never mind the judging - where are you that you are frolicking in outdoor pools?

yabnu, wrong, wrong, wrong> also very selfish of the mother.

Judge away! That is completely revolting. YANBU.

Strange ...

are you sure it was sick??
perhaps the water went up the nose and they were snorting it out ??

and agree, where on earth were you with an ourdoor pool?

I would have had a word and if it was sick I would have spoken to the manager (if the mum was unwilling to take child out of pool) and I would have also left praying that my ds didn't come down with whatever bug this poor child had.

YANBU, that is vile, poor kids. Some folk don't give a monkeys toss do they.

'Of an ethnic race'? Erm, I think we are all of an ethnic race, are we not? Hilarious!