Hickey'

[Nebulous]

...You know those things you get when someone bites & sucks on your skin. Also known as passion marks & other terms.

What do you think about them? Do you find them offensive or unattractive on yourself or other people? Have you ever got or gave them?

 

[Cory]

They're weird and the process of them is weird, in my opinion.

I've never received one, but I've never even been kissed either.

 

[Tracy]

Ahem... you haven't lived until you've been in gym (11th grade) and your shorts don't cover the one on the inside of your thigh.
I got ribbed for a while about that... but it was easy to shut them down with the "at least I'm getting some" reply.
The only problem... the 28 year old became rather clingy.

 

[Cedric]

Used to get and give them a lot when I was a teen. Is it still a thing among adults though?

 

[Reverie]

As a teen I enjoyed receiving and giving them! I was embarrassed of course and tried to hide them, but I enjoyed the act. As an adult I have reminded my spouse, previous relationships, it could not be where it is visible to the typical eye. -shrug- With my spouse I don't give him any either since he works retail. It just is a way of demonstrating the attraction you have to someone though. I don't mind them as long as they aren't visible because they aren't very professional.

 

[Nebulous]

I was out yesterday and the waiter one. How trashy.

Sometimes I wonder if people give them to their partner to signal other's that he/she is taken. Possibly an act done out of insecurity/trust issues?

 

[Reverie]

I was out yesterday and the waiter one. How trashy.

Sometimes I wonder if people give them to their partner to signal other's that he/she is taken. Possibly an act done out of insecurity/trust issues?

I have known a few who were given them because their significant other was trying to mark them/claim them in hopes no one would hit on them. That definitely is a bit too controlling.