I agree! I've had dry heaves twice, and both times I was very thankful that I had not vomited. One time it didn't freak me out. I had dry heaves due to pain. Well, that meant that I was in so much pain that, frankly, I couldn't care less! The other time was due to illness and that freaked me out so bad because I thought that I was going to vomit. If I had assurance that I would NOT v and only have dry heaves, I wouldn't mind the dry heaves at all! (not that they are particularly pleasant, but they are much neater.)