NSFW: What do you think about people having hickeys?

I never got the whole hickey thing. It just seemed like an even tackier version of boyfriends walking around with their hands in a girl’s back pocket – a supposed signal of ownership, or sexual prowess. Not a classy look.

Now a good beard burn – that’s achieved legitimately and can be a nice reminder of a good time :)

Personally I think those are gross, but to each his own.

I cannot remember the last time I saw… Wait, yes I can it was on my daughter when she was a teen and I threw a fit. It didn’t bother me as much as I let on but had the desired effect. I never saw any more hickeys.

I don’t think I’d be upset if my kids had one, but I’d probably pull them aside and say “hey, you look a bit silly displaying that.” On the other hand, I met someone recently and she gave me a love bite just below my collarbone, more like broken blood vessels than a big ol’ sucker bruise. Makes me smile when I see it in the mirror.

Not a fan. Last one was years ago on the top part of my boob. I had ended things with my boyfriend (we had been broken up for a few weeks), went to a lesbian bar/spent the weekend with a girl that I met, and came back with a big one on my boob. Tacky. I was 21, though.

I think they are stupid. I had one once or twice and I am pretty sure my boyfriend thought he branded me his. I guess maybe the first time you can just be curious to see how it works. It was kind of a teenage thing like getting to second or third base I guess.

Lame. I think of hickeys as something 12–13 yr olds do.

How did they get that name, hicky? From counrty folk?

it means whoever’s giving the hickey sucks but not in a good way.
It indicates a lack of experience and/or talent.

Did someone say group hicky?

I think they are silly…especially on adults. Kids do it all the time though. Seems like a teen thing – part of learning and experimenting I guess.

For the longest time, I thought they were an outburst of an acne sore. I really never ever paid much attention to them. Not my business.

If you’ve got low self-esteem they probably make you feel good, showing you have someone to suck on your flesh. I think they’re gross and not classy at all.

I agree, pointless suckery at best.

Tacky.

When I see it on a guy, first thing I think -> his gf is a possessive horny slut.

On a girl -> her bf just gave her a massive zit and she looks retarded being proud if it…

Any hickey below the neck is fine, cause I don’t have to see it.

I get hickeys VERY easily. He certainly doesn’t need to suck on my neck for 10 minutes like a leach for me to get a noticeable mark. I’ve never gotten a hickey on purpose, but I’ve had a few accidental ones. I’m usually embarrassed by it. One time, we had a family get-together the day after a particularly steamy tumble in the sheets. I didn’t notice I had a sizable hickey on the back of my neck until my brother-in-law said, “Lyndsey, did you fall on your neck last night?” Humiliating, but we all had a good laugh about it before I piled some of my sister-in-law’s makeup on it.

I think they look pretty tacky and should definitely be covered up at work. I’m not completely grossed out by them, and I don’t think awful things about people that have them, but I also don’t think they’re anything to brag about.

@snapdragon24, is the bf who gives the girl a hickey also a “horny slut?”

If I ever came home with one my mother would be furious. I think I would be ashamed of having them. I would probably try to hide it from my friends and in school. It makes people judge you and gives them reason to make assumptions about you. I’d rather not have my personal life invaded in that way.

When I was a teen, they were pretty common signs of possession among the teenage set. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one on anybody, even teenagers, so that must not be the trend anymore. I like the feel of getting and giving them in the heat of the moment, but only on body parts that are not on public display. A visible hickey just looks tacky.

I think hickeys are icky.

These pinheads need to be more careful with the hose on their vacuum cleaner ;-}

Most people who have hickeys did not do it to themselves and may not have known they where receiving one at the time.

The responsibility lies primarily with the person who caused the hickey.
Of course, anyone whose partner inflicts these marks on then has the right to insist that this never happen again. They have the right to break off their relationship with the person who inflicts such visible marks on them without their consent.

No. Just no.

I don’t like seeing them in public places.

That being said….. I umm… occasionally leave hickeys on my husband’s chest when I’ve bitten him. No one else can see them, and I don’t do it to show possession. I’m just a biter. :D

A girl gave me one years ago when I was very very drunk.
I felt like a knobhead for the next few days afterwards.

Very embarrassing that’s what they are. haven’t had one in a long time but remember I felt judged and humiliated.

As a teenager, I thought they were great. I thought they made me look mature and that I was active. Though as an adult, I think they look pretty tacky, especially when someones neck is covered in them.

Ooo I never liked the visible hickeys… Them’s dumping grounds. Even as a teen. Get warned once thats it.

Seen a few guys have the whole ring around the neck.. Couldn’t help but think collar and ownership. Nothing sexy about that.

But guys have tried to do that to me too. Good sign they are jealous and possessive and immature in case I had missed it.