Love Bites

When was the last time you got a hickey? Or even saw somebody with one? It seems the little love bites have become extinct.
During high school it seemed the red mark, which was often placed strategically on a girl’s neck for all to see, was the topic of lunch conversations.

At these pow wows the girls who were brave enough to wear the marks as badges of honour, would discuss their make-out sessions.
Many were forced to hide theirs behind a Band-Aid, to escape any trouble with school officials, while others just wore the bandage to give the impression there was one there. The marks were so intriguing that girls pinched their skin repeatedly and so hard that they made their own hickeys.
But it wasn’t only for teenagers, adults were spotted with the marks too, teachers employed the same method of hiding the marks beneath bandages, the females used foundation and concealer to help in the deception.
But were the stuff a real sign of ‘love’ at all? For some it takes a whole lot of contact to make a mark, so much so it would make it more uncomfortable than pleasurable.
Maybe after all these years, these markings have gone into hiding because people have discovered that it really isn’t necessary to broadcast their dealings to the whole world.
Keep your love under wraps.