Thursday, August 14, 2008

"Marks" of Passion

Remember the infamous "hickies" or as we called them in STL, "passion marks"?
  1. When was the last time you gave or received one?
  2. What's your take on them now?
  3. Have you seen any adults marked up lately?
  4. And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing?

42 comments:

  1. Gurl, I'm too old for that ish now. It was "cute" when I was younger. At least I thought it was. In actuality, it was just screaming that you had recently been bumping uglies. LOL

    When I see grown folks with hickies nowadays, I'm like WTH for?? You're grown..everybody knows you're fugg'n. No need to advertise it.

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  2. When was the last time you gave or received one? Couldn't tell ya... some time in high school

    What's your take on them now? In my opinion, this was a way for someone to "mark their territory". I am a GROWN WOMAN now and if you think you have to MARK me up to claim me, you're not the man for me.

    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? Nope and I hope NOT to....

    And lastly, what drove/drives us to do such a thing? Just like a lot of things, it was the "in" thing to do. Someone thought it was CUTE and it caught on. I don't know if the kids today do it though.

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  3. Exactly! My son's cousin was damn near 30 w/ 3 kids still letting mofos mark her up. When I asked why, she said she was playing catch-up. Her mama, like ours, would've broke her neck back in the day. I guess she didn't know how to hide them like I did. *lawd I was truly a "hot" mess back then*

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  4. 1- When I was like, 17 lol
    2- I guess I don't mind them if they're in hidden places...don't go leavin one on my neck.
    3- I haven't been looking, so I guess I haven't seen any
    4-'Ownership'. The person feeling like they have literally left their mark on you, and the reward is having the receiver go out and about with it.

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  5. Agreed! Here we were thinking we were hotshit getting marked up & nowadays these lil girls are giving blowjobs like it's right. *smh*

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  6. I got one hickie when I was back in 8th grade.. My smart ass whistled my way home thinking i was the shit.. I almost thought that was just like having sex *rolling my own damn eyes*... But i forgot when I got home to cover that shit up... My momma saw that and didnt say a word.. She went and got her belt and showed me why that shit wouldnt be happening again..... Aint neva had a desire to do that shit again.. lol


    Now my grown ass older sister still does that shit.. or lets her male negro piece of shit boyfriend do that.. I saw that a few weeks ago on her.. She came into church with a small town thrown over her shoulder near the scene of the childish neck sucking incident and I was just ... what the hell you thinking... Then as we were leaving she asked to borrow some money... Of course I GAVE it to her (not a loan,,, loans are expected back..lol)... But i asked her,, how could you be asking me for money when you letting some no good negro suck the life out ya neck...

    Ok. I gotta go.. Im getting mad now.. lol

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  7. When I was younger I liked them b/c I felt like that made people think someone liked me. It was like a boy marked his territory! LOL

    I don't do hickies now. My skin is so sensitive now. NOW, that shit is for the birds. LOL

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  8. I was a true fass ass and I loved to let others know the boys thought I was all that. Ahhhh, to be young & foolish once again.

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  9. Ahh to be young...forget the foolish. LOL

    What is it they say? "Youth is wasted on the young"

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  10. The old folks were definitely onto something when they came up with that!

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  11. 1. When was the last time you gave or received one? 2 weeks ago but it was hidden so i was relieved about that. I was pissed when i saw the marks too, since it's been so long that i have even had one. the time i received it previous to that situation was over 11 years ago (previous long term relationship with my ex).
    2. What's your take on them now? I'm too old for that shitznit. When I was younger it was cute and all that jazz but i was young and my mentality was wayy different than now.
    3. Have you seen any adults marked up lately? not really.
    4. And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing? everyone (all the teens and young folks) were doing it. It's a way for someone to say "hey, this person is taken' i guess LMAO

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  12. Yes, I was an expert at hiding them. In fact, that's the reason for my first experimentation with foundation. *wink*

    Me too. A "hot" mess, indeed. *grin*

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  13. Youth is NOT wasted on me... 27 years old looks good on me... *cheesing*

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  14. Right!!! And still calling themselves virgins. Um, sweetie? If you've had a d*ck in ANY of your holes, including your mouth, you are NOT a virgin!

    Lawd too-DAY...

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  15. The frozen spoon worked for me. My mama didn't wear makeup & my granny was a white woman. I certainly couldn't have used her tawny-beige creme! LOL

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  16. Frozen Spoon? lawd I dont know shit... lol

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  17. 1) About a year ago actually(some people always trying to be funny lol)

    2) Negative

    3) Every now and again

    4) Peer pressure lol

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  18. LMAO!!! Nah, that would've drawn MORE attention to yo fass azz. LOL!

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  19. Again...youth is wasted on the young.

    *running*

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  20. Ever heard of the hot butter biscuit method? Its real.. Im not lying... lol

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  21. She's just a pup Nae. I don't know why she insists on tryna run with the Big Dawgs! LOL

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  22. Your imagination is uncanny! We ALL know you just pulled that shit outta thin air! LOL

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  23. I'm that pretty lil pooch in pink that everybody says "awwwwwww isn't she so cute" Yall mofo's are the big rottweilers that everybody is afraid of... lol

    But I still luv yall mean asses... lol

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  24. wheeeeeeew its either that or work... which will you have me do? Oh never mind.. I know what you'll say...

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  25. Hot butter biscuit? Ok, I have to admit..that's a new one on me. LMAO!

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  26. LMAO! Shut it girl...you got me hollerin' over here!!

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  27. 1) I remember my only set of passions marks...all I did was cover them up with lots of foundation and wore a brown turtleneck...LOL
    2) They are soooo played out, it's not even funny!
    3) No, but I'd probably clown them for coming outside like that.
    4) We were just showing off obviously...

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  28. Co-signing with a fat ass red permanent marker!

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  29. When was the last time you gave or received one?
    I RECEIVED one about two weeks ago and didn't realize it until a coworker sent me an email asking me WHAZZUP WITH THAT MARK ON YOUR NECK? Talk about EMBARASSED!!! I told that heffa DON'T DO THAT SHIT AGAIN [the hickey, NOT the email]. LOL

    What's your take on them now? I don't leave marks that are visible to the public but I have left marks in other places. So nobody will see them unless SHE shows somebody....for whatever reason she might choose to do that...whatever.


    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? I rarely pay attention and haven't noticed ANY.

    And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing? WHO DA HELL KNOWS

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  30. my hubby & I both end up with them from time to time...tho not intetionally, or extreamly obvious...sometimes we get kinda animalistic and bite & suck & forget we both mark up rather easily. I'm light-bright...so its embarrassing for my old ass to have a damn passion mark on me...but I've gotten pretty good with covering it up with makeup...

    when I was younger I'd avoid any neck contact if I could...cuz u know young dudes always tryna mark territory.

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  31. You could say you got that reverse micheal jackson disease called vidalogo or some shit,, but because of the nature of your condition it causes your hair to turn red and certain circular spots on your body to appear with that reddish tone... Yeah, that might work...


    And you know Im talking shit right now... cuz my ass is tired and working hard (kinda)... (mostly not .. right now) all helll,,, Im just talking shit, dont mind me.. lol

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  32. When was the last time you gave or received one? A YEAR AGO
    What's your take on them now? NOTHIN
    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? YES
    And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing?TRYING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW YOU HAD A BF/GF

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  33. When was the last time you gave or received one? High school.
    What's your take on them now? Tacky on visible places.
    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? Nope, but don't really pay attention.

    And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing? Not sure why I let my boyfriend give me one. I guess because he wanted to and I was young and dumb. I tried to give him one because I thought it was COOL the way people would make SHAPES like cherries! So I only did them to be creative! LOL!

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  34. When was the last time you gave or received one? High school.. Mines would get a deep purple. I remember the first time my mother saw a hickey on me.. I made the mistake of turning my head the wrong way. I got slapped into the middle of next week..lol
    What's your take on them now?
    Tacky!!! Recently I got bit my a mosquito on my neck and the bump turned deep purple. I quickly put mofo in their place. I don't do hickey's anymore.

    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? no

    And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing? I thought it was cute back in the day.

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  35. When was the last time you gave or received one? Never gave one, never had one that was visible to the public.
    What's your take on them now? I don't see a purpose in them.
    Have you seen any adults marked up lately? I saw a Mexican woman with one about a month ago.
    And lastly, what drove us to do such a thing? heck if I know

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  36. How the hell they show up on you Nae?

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  37. I haven't given one in maybe 20 years, but someone left one on my thigh not too long ago. Damn her.

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  38. I haven't received hickies in almost 12 years and it's gonna stay that way...lol.

    Too old for all of that...

    Now, someone left their handprints on my ass not too long ago....lol.

    Pam<---Ass still red and sore......

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  39. The last time I got hickeys were in 1996 when I was 20. I actually like gettin hickeys because people didn't think I was gettin any ass and that would shut them up, until they would say, "u gay anyway". But I would jack some foundation from Walgreens and cover them up. I remember when I went on my first date in 1988 to see I'm gon git you sucka, my girlfriend put like 7 hickeys on me and I had one on each cheek among other places. My grandmother snapped the fuck off and that motivated me to find ways to hide them. But it worked good for its primary purpose, girls wouldn't want to holla at you if they see you got hickeys. Worked like a charm.


    Holla Black!!!!

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