What's with Hickies?

I was in line at a store last night behind this woman. She must have been in her 30's, yet her neck was marked up both sides with hickies.

What's the deal with hickies?? I've never had a single one in my life. I had a high school friend who'd come to school everyday with a new hickie it seemed. I guess when we were younger, a hickie was a rite of passage to show you were popular? What the F does having a hickie when you're in your 30's mean?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for making out. But really...gross. If you want to show someone she's your girl, buy her jewelery. I'm sure she'd like that much better. I know I would.

Tia