My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
I have a question for you….… “When was the last time you saw someone donning a hickey?
The reason why I ask is because Saturday afternoon while I was in Traders Joes, I saw an adult employee walk by me with a hickey on his neck the size of Texas.
(and it definitely was a hickey, not a birthmark)
The last time I ever saw one on someone was probably back in high school, but evidently hickeys are back in vogue.
Who knew?
I personally have never had any experience with hickeys, because I think their heinous. Who the hell wants to look like they’ve been savagely bitten by a leech?
However, back when I was a Senior in high school I did try to giving myself one on the forearm just to see if I was capable.
Anyway….
After seeing a hickey on this guy, I started thinking strange things like:
Where did hickey-making come from?
Who actually made the first hickey and then thought to call it a hickey?
Why did someone even want to make a hickey to begin with?
And is there deep symbolism in a hickey?
Curiosity got the best of me, so I googled the Internet for almost an hour just to see if I could find any answers.
I didn’t.
But what I did find was a website that gave the definition of a hickey and some helpful tips on how to get rid of them in case your going to a fancy dinner party and are embarrassed to walk in with a “love bite” on your neck.
I kind of always thought that hickeys were perhaps a way of marking your territory - a way for us to show the world that we're dating someone and that they belong to us because we've BRANDED them with are mouth.
Like, “Hey dude…don’t mess with the merchandise, because she’s/he’s ALL mine!”
Or maybe….just maybe…
…hickeys were something that began way back in the pre-historic caveman days before paint supplies were available, as serious art form….
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