Love bites
At some point in your life you'll have one. You'll get a little too into your make-out session and before you know it, you -- or your date -- has been branded.
You may not even notice the small purple marks at first, but it's almost guaranteed that if you don't, someone else will. Call them love bites or love nibbles, but what it all comes down to is the same harsh sounding word: hickies.
For some, it is a word that draws a feeling of mild embarassment. For others, a sense of pride. One of my friends gives hickies to guys on purpose. To her, it's like a calling card. Take one look at the guy walking out of her room and you can tell what she's been up to. Other people try to avoid giving (and getting!) hickies at all costs, or at least try to cover them up. As a freshman in college, one of my male friends tried to convince the rest of us that his hickies were an allergic reaction to this necklace he was wearing. We didn't believe him.
Women have it easier than men when it comes to covering up hickies. We have makeup, scarves, bulky necklaces. Yes, we can have a hickey without ever revealing it. But men, their only options are turtlenecks (which look odd in the summer) or a strategically placed collared shirt or maybe a hemp necklace.
I think that if you have a hickey, you should at least make an attempt to cover it up. If not, you just allow everyone who sees you to know what a good time you had last night. And it can lead to a number of strange looks and personal questions from people you don't even know. I'd rather just avoid all that anyway.
What do you think? Should people try to cover up hickies if they have them? What are some tips for hiding the black and blue marks?
You may not even notice the small purple marks at first, but it's almost guaranteed that if you don't, someone else will. Call them love bites or love nibbles, but what it all comes down to is the same harsh sounding word: hickies.
For some, it is a word that draws a feeling of mild embarassment. For others, a sense of pride. One of my friends gives hickies to guys on purpose. To her, it's like a calling card. Take one look at the guy walking out of her room and you can tell what she's been up to. Other people try to avoid giving (and getting!) hickies at all costs, or at least try to cover them up. As a freshman in college, one of my male friends tried to convince the rest of us that his hickies were an allergic reaction to this necklace he was wearing. We didn't believe him.
Women have it easier than men when it comes to covering up hickies. We have makeup, scarves, bulky necklaces. Yes, we can have a hickey without ever revealing it. But men, their only options are turtlenecks (which look odd in the summer) or a strategically placed collared shirt or maybe a hemp necklace.
I think that if you have a hickey, you should at least make an attempt to cover it up. If not, you just allow everyone who sees you to know what a good time you had last night. And it can lead to a number of strange looks and personal questions from people you don't even know. I'd rather just avoid all that anyway.
What do you think? Should people try to cover up hickies if they have them? What are some tips for hiding the black and blue marks?
posted by Anonymous at 11:33 AM
2 Comments:
I am not a fan of hickies, but unfortunately have had one from time to time — AND in the summer no less when turtlenecks were out of the question. I was so horrified and embarrassed — hickies are not a thing of pride in my opinion.
I've also been on the giving end of a hickey and was greeted by a less-than-enthused boyfriend. It was not a good morning.
I think after a certain age (think 13), hickies aren't cool to get or funny to give. And they are definitely more trashy than classy.
I cannot stand hickies! Some people seem to like them, but it just looks trashy to me. On the few occasions I have gotten them, I have always done everything possible to cover them. Makeup works the best, as far as I know.
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