The scene: warm kitchen in cozy house somewhere in Central Europe. Mother and Father are sitting at table drinking tea. Daughter, who had been dozing in bed because she was feeling sick, enters kitchen.
Daughter: I just vomited a gigantic amount.
Father: In your bed or in the toilet?
Daughter: In the toilet.
Mother and father: [wide grins, give thumbs-up sign with both hands].
The End
it really does read like a sitcom sometimes.
Sad but true.
it truly is a proud parental moment, when the kid, though sick, manages to make it to the bathroom. it is an event met with the highest praise in my house (& a great sense of relief)