[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? kristen22 answered Friday April 7 2006, 9:35 am: What you do is put your mouth against the side of their neck, in a kissing shape. You leave your mouth slightly open in the middle, like you're saying the letter "O". Now you suck in! You suck the skin into your mouth, in essence hurting it, and causing the blood vessels to break. This turns that circular area bright red. It doesn't take long, maybe 30 seconds.
Yes, giving a hickey sometimes hurts the person you're doing it to. You're breaking their blood vessels! But to some, a hickey is a temporary mark of love. Sort of like a red tattoo that fades naturally after a few days. It says "This girl (or guy) trusted me enough to let me damage their throat, one of the most sensitive parts of the human body".
Hickeys aren't a male or female thing. They're an "I was Here!" thing, sort of like a mark of pride. So either the girl or the guy can give it to each other. It's sort of a primitive way of saying "This boy is mine!" or "This girl belongs to me!" [ kristen22's advice column | Ask kristen22 A Question ]
x3candiigrl answered Friday April 7 2006, 8:07 am: when you suck on a part of the body of your... whoever... hard or for a long time and it leaves a hickey
Alexandria_ answered Friday April 7 2006, 2:59 am: You place your mouth against the side of their neck (or anywhere else) while making a kissing face. Leave your mouth slightly open, in an "O" shape if you will, and begin to suck in. By sucking the skin into your mouth, the blood vessels will break and the area will begin to turn bright red. Thus creating a hickey. If you're doing it right, this shouldn't take more than 30 seconds.
If sucking doesn't work, you could also try nibbling on the skin. Just make sure the person you're doing this to doesn't mind you biting them.
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