What's the concept of hickies (love bites)?

Just always wondered, here & there: Why do people give their partners a hickey? And is there really any erotic thrill of doing it?

The neck is one of the most erogeous zones on the body. Most women I've nibbled on have signaled a good deal of pleasure from playing in that area, but biting isn't always to everyone's liking, so other, gentler play there too.

It's a lot like biting, playfully, on other areas, nipples, ears, fingers, toes, it's fun for some, but maybe not for others.

I think the mark which is left is also part of the fun, it shows someone has been playing with someone. It's something you can look at in the mirror, or see it on your partner, and remember the fun you had, or even leave it so others can see it and know you've been playing with someone.

Hickies are because branding someone as 'your own' is illegal. It also shows the other kids in high school how close you got to a girl without her calling the cops.

It seems to me it’s a playful form of domination

And then there are those who wear them as a badge of honour

Now that I am pushing 50 and am a professional my view on hickies has changed. I do like them but they need to be kept in places that are hidden from the public.

Mashie

I love giving and receiving hickies. I'm not sure what I like better. To answer the question though, yes there is definitely an erotic thrill to hickies to me.

In middle school, a hickey was something to show that you were making out with somebody.

Hickies never really did anything for me especially since I never gave them and never got them because I wanted to keep my squeaky clean reputation---if people only knew what evil lurked in the shadows!

As we got older, we bypassed hickies and moved on to better things like blowjobs, fucking and sodomy.

We do it because we both like it but they must be hidden which is even more fun.

Just always wondered, here & there: Why do people give their partners a hickey? And is there really any erotic thrill of doing it?

I don't think most couples give each other hickeys intentionally. Rather, they happen in the heat of the moment, through being caught up in passion and not really paying attention to what you are doing.

Also think it was a “badge” to signify you had a boy or girl friend and were “getting some”. It takes a bit of sucking to make one so I think it usually was intentional.

Wow, flashback to middle-school. I got my first in 8th grade. Much less of a 'thing' by high school.

Others have given good reasons for hickies when young. To show one had a boyfriend or girlfriend.

As an older female I do not mind the occasional hickie, mark made by my sub, in the unseen areas on my body. When revealed they show he has marked this titty as his. So no other "baby" may assume to lay claim.