Love bites/cover up

dragona

Buggerations
My son has just come home with two huge love bites on his neck- it looks as if someone has tried to garrotte him. He has to be at school tomorrow:mad:
No polo neck sweaters in the house.Dunnes is still open so I am sending him down there,I am pissed off!
Suggestions please

Fanny Cradock

Try relaxing for starters. Tis all part of life.

What age is he? please don't say 23 or some such

If you don't aprove then send him to school like that and he'll get enough (friendly?) slagging to put him off....for a bit!

dragona

He is 18. I am SUPER relaxed, wine helps! I am just annoyed - he has just been suspended for a day(see parenting)and the principal at school is a pr*ck anyway, and it just looks so effing horrible!!!!!!!

GAAman

Maybe (i am assuming he wears a shirt as part of the uniform? If so maybe get him to wear the collar up and give him a note to tell the teacher/s that you have him wearing the collar up and want it to stay that way.

I seem to recall that puttin toothpaste on the bite healed it quicker (might be an urban legend not sure)

dragona

GAAman wrote:

Maybe (i am assuming he wears a shirt as part of the uniform? If so maybe get him to wear the collar up and give him a note to tell the teacher/s that you have him wearing the collar up and want it to stay that way

Nope, no uniform. We have just experimented with concealer but it looks ridiculous.

LegacyUser

he's 18. leave him alone WOMAN

Tellox

Toothpaste heals them. I say make him wear foundation over it. That'll teach him.

But to be honest, If he's 18,Im guessing he's in his LC year - they wont suspend nor expell him at this stage of the year, anyway.

GrumPy

Lol, he is 18.... what are you worried about exactly? what people think when they see your son? or what the school will say/do when they see it?

I cant see anything bad at all coming of it! I over heard a teacher slaggin a pupil (he was about 15/16) today in school about HIS neck, I think a slaggin from his mates will be the most of his troubles tbh.

LegacyUser

Maybe the "problem" is that his "mother" looks for parenting advice on an internet forum.

MiniMetro

Maybe the problem is that his mother looks for parenting advice on an internet forum.

dragona

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Lol, he is 18.... what are you worried about exactly? what people think when they see your son? or what the school will say/do when they see it?

I cant see anything bad at all coming of it! I over heard a teacher slaggin a pupil (he was about 15/16) today in school about HIS neck, I think a slaggin from his mates will be the most of his troubles tbh.

I am not worried -just irritated with him coming in and saying *ohgod what can I cover this up with*And yes they LOOK horrible.

dragona

MiniMetro wrote:

Maybe the problem is that his mother looks for parenting advice on an internet forum.

Excuse me? I am not looking for parenting advice, just suggestions as to how to cover up love bites.Maybe you should grow up!

Dirk Gently

Are you taking the piss? Your 18 year old has a few love bites and you’re upset. Seriously what decade is this? Is the pope living in your house or something?

I remember when I was 13 and got my first lump taken outa me neck. Done a cantona for a few days but fooled no one. The teacher in the school gave me some stick but in a taking the piss kinda way, not a your in trouble way.

What school is your man son in. He hasn't gone back in time and enrolled in that one from rocky road to Dublin documentary has he. If so he might be in trouble, if not hes a man and can get his neck hacked by a nice girlie if he likes and its no ones business but his own.
( not entirely convinced this is a serious thread )

Dirk Gently

If your that worried about his reputation give him the day off to study.

MiniMetro

dragona wrote:

Excuse me? I am not looking for parenting advice, just suggestions as to how to cover up love bites.Maybe you should grow up!

Sorry Mum.

dragona

clown bag wrote:

Are you taking the piss? Your 18 year old has a few love bites and you’re upset. Seriously what decade is this? Is the pope living in your house or something?

I remember when I was 13 and got my first lump taken outa me neck. Done a cantona for a few days but fooled no one. The teacher in the school gave me some stick but in a taking the piss kinda way, not a your in trouble way.

What school is your man son in. He hasn't gone back in time and enrolled in that one from rocky road to Dublin documentary has he. If so he might be in trouble, if not hes a man and can get his neck hacked by a nice girlie if he likes and its no ones business but his own.
( not entirely convinced this is a serious thread )

Erm,for starters it looks like he has been strangled. It is actually HIS neck, not mine. HE wants to cover them up, and quite frankly I would rather he did too, so just looking for suggestions:D

The Sweeper

dragona, try to take a few deep breaths. Yes they're ****in ugly. They'll be like that for a week while they heal up. unless you want him to wear concealer, buy a bandana and he can be eighties with it tied around his neck for a while.

What's really rubbing you though, the fact that you think they're ugly, or the fact that you're bothered that he's allowed himself to be 'branded' so dramatically?

MiniMetro

Make him wear a cravat, then he'll hide his love-marks and look like a distinguished young man at the same time.

MiniMetro

and make him smoke a pipe.

MiniMetro

and make him wear a smoking jacket

MiniMetro

and a pair of slippers

dragona

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

dragona, try to take a few deep breaths. Yes they're ****in ugly. They'll be like that for a week while they heal up. unless you want him to wear concealer, buy a bandana and he can be eighties with it tied around his neck for a while.

What's really rubbing you though, the fact that you think they're ugly, or the fact that you're bothered that he's allowed himself to be 'branded' so dramatically?

Really, I didn't mean to come across so stressed about it - not MY neck! They are ugly, I think he is a twit,he has just been suspended,he wants to cover them up and I have excruciating toothache.

Dirk Gently

He was suspended because of the bite? Is he training to be a priest.
If so he deserves a suspension, not for breaking his vow of celibacy, but for making it obvious he broke it.

Surely suspension is a bit draconian. Can you not appeal this decision. I'm sure the law will fully protect his right to an education and condemn the school. Tell them he was attacked by some fatal attraction type girl. (This actually happened me and her friends held me down while she gave me a love bite, though to be honest I didn’t put up much of a fight)The only person you should be angry with is the backward eejit who suspended him.

Go out and buy him an Eric cantona jersey. It would look odd if his collar wasn't up while wearing this. I got away with it for two whole days when I was a kid untill one of my mates realised I was a Liverpool fan wearing a united top and got suspicious.
Again is this a serious thread!

Nevyn

MiniMetro banned for offtopic and unhelpful posting.

Yes, they are unsightly but it is something we all go through and some of us
never grow out of.
Witchazel is good for reducing the brusing you can get a witchazel cream from most chemists.

I can understand your concern about is lack of awarness in allowing things to possible go that far that he is that marked.
I would suggest that a 'chat' about respecting himself and his body would be a good thing and that if he enjoys being bitten in such a fashion he should keep it to areas that are less visible.

dragona

He is as we speak rubbing Arnica cream on his neck...

dragona

clown bag wrote:

He was suspended because of the bite? Is he training to be a priest.
If so he deserves a suspension, not for breaking his vow of celibacy, but for making it obvious he broke it.

blah blah blah
!

You are quite amusing but not really helpful!

Smellyirishman

He's just got to suck it up (Lame pun entirly intentional) and get on with it, not much can be done except physical concealing (clothes etc..). I heard toothpaste.... but think it's BS.

I think everyone should give you a bit of a break too, you swear you were condeming your son to hell, you have not grounded him or anything over it (I think) and are actually trying to help him.At Least he could come to you about it.

Static M.e.

Sorry Dragona,

I do hope your son finds some way to hide his love bites, I just find the whole thing quite amusing, Im amazed his principal can suspend him for love bites!

GrumPy

Static M.e. wrote:

Sorry Dragona,

I do hope your son finds some way to hide his love bites, I just find the whole thing quite amusing, Im amazed his principal can suspend him for love bites!

No, youv'e got the wrong end of the stick, he got suspended on an entirely different matter all together. If I was told to stay at home simply because I had a mark on my neck, I'd simply avoid it by hopping into the time machine, and ride right on into the 21st century.

Sleipnir

Dragona, sorry but you must remember that many people you see posting here will be coming home this weekend trying to hide lovebites from their own mothers!

I don't think there's much you can do really unless you can convince him to wear a scarf in mid May. Even if you do, everyone will know why anyway!

Dirk Gently

Thaedydal wrote:

I can understand your concern about is lack of awarness in allowing things to possible go that far that he is that marked.
I would suggest that a 'chat' about respecting himself and his body would be a good thing and that if he enjoys being bitten in such a fashion he should keep it to areas that are less visible.

Why?

He is 18 years old.

The only person who needs a chat is the person who thinks he needs a chatting to.
This is madness in the extreme
Sorry if I haven't been helpful in suggesting ways to get rid of the marks but I've never considered it important enough to come up with an emergency cure. It’s not exactly a life threatening condition or even that embarrassing.
A storm in a tea cup would not even come close to describing this.

I wont post again but seriously, this is madness in the extreme.

Smellyirishman

clown bag wrote:

this is madness in the extreme.

Don't you think your exaggerating.....to TEH XTREME!?

Hickey's are a part of life, and I think Dragona has fully accepted that, however they are dirty looking, there is no "benefit" to them etc... so I don't think there is a problem telling him to try and avoid them within reason. (I know the only reason I have recieved/provided hickeys in visible areas was for embarassment...)

dragona

Sleipnir wrote:

Dragona, sorry but you must remember that many people you see posting here will be coming home this weekend trying to hide lovebites from their own mothers!

I sort of gathered that:D

dragona

clown bag wrote:

Why?

He is 18 years old.

The only person who needs a chat is the person who thinks he needs a chatting to.
This is madness in the extreme
Sorry if I haven't been helpful in suggesting ways to get rid of the marks but I've never considered it important enough to come up with an emergency cure. It’s not exactly a life threatening condition or even that embarrassing.
A storm in a tea cup would not even come close to describing this.

I wont post again but seriously, this is madness in the extreme.

You may not find it embarassing, but my son does. He is annoyed with himself and quite simply wants to cover them up.

tSubh Dearg

Smellyirishman wrote:

I heard toothpaste.... but think it's BS.

Speaking from experience, toothpaste is a miracle worker on love bites. It heals them up really quickly. Overnight the colour changes from vivid purples and reds to dull brown, which is much easier to hide with foundation etc.

thailand_sand

witch hazel will get rid of them in a day or two.... trust me on this one;)

dragona

Well, toothpaste is worth a try I suppose, though I don't believe it will work. I'll get him to smother on the Colgate - at least his neck will be minty fresh in the morning .:D
I am SO not impressed with teenage boys....

Talliesin

dragona wrote:

He is as we speak rubbing Arnica cream on his neck...

I hope the skin isn't broken. Arnica/Wolfsbane cream isn't safe on broken skin. It is amazingly good stuff on bruises though. Arnica tablets will help reduce the brusing too. Witchhazel is good on both brusing and broken skin, though not as good as arnica.

Toothpaste does work, but Arnic beats it.

If that doesn't work is only option is to get around the embarassment by appeariing happy with the turn of events. This will reduce the degree of slagging.

Manolo Blahnik

Ah the joys of being a girl and using makeup The amount of those I got caught with by my mother in the last few years

You need to relax it's going to go away soon and it's really not a big deal

Elessar

For the love of all that is holy, will someone please explain to me what a "love bite" is? Surely girls and boys dont go around literally biting each other???

Am I so out of the loop? (age 20 here)

Nevyn

love bite

n : a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover [syn: hickey]

Smellyirishman

Wow, sheltered life , anyway, as above, sucking on an area of the body with sufficient force for an adequate duration will burst blood vessels below your skin causing a bruised look. Try it on your arm .

Beruthiel

dragona
I hope you slagged the fuk outta him, call him Casanova and Don Juan for the next month, bet he never comes home like that again.
If you run into the girl that did it, slag her too!

Femelade

this thread is funny.
he will get enough slagging from school believe me, and if he was stupid enough to get one in the first place i doubt he will be that stupid again,


gosh i havent had a lovebite in years and years!

always used toothpaste at night, makeup in the morning. never worked.

it'll be gone before he gets married.

dragona

Beruthiel wrote:

dragona
I hope you slagged the fuk outta him, call him Casanova and Don Juan for the next month, bet he never comes home like that again.
If you run into the girl that did it, slag her too!

I can almost be certain that he won't come home like it again! I insisted he go to school - he will just have to tough it out.Toothpaste does NOT work....
He stuck two huge plasters on his neck this morning, but looked too too funny. Copious amounts of Dior concealer looked even worse. He has gone *au naturel*

Lenny

its a hicky, where someone sucks on the side of your neck an kinda biting it.

Hugh Hefner

Ice.

Crash

Could always just get them all over and say its natural skin colour.....

anyhow, yeah suck it up generally. will get slagged but its generally punishment enough for being dumb enough to let someone put a giant bruise high up on your neck - aah haven't ended up with a hickie in years :P

dragona

Well he waltzed in this afternoon, and waltzed out again to meet the culprit - I hope he is not that stupid twice....:)

Victor

dragona wrote:

I'll get him to smother on the Colgate - at least his neck will be minty fresh in the morning .:D

I'm sure she'll love that.

dragona

dragona wrote:

Really, I didn't mean to come across so stressed about it - not MY neck! They are ugly, I think he is a twit,he has just been suspended,he wants to cover them up and I have excruciating toothache.

he's a kid ffs. lighten up pauline fowler