What Does Pinky Promise Tattoo Mean?
Have you been looking for a symbol to have tattooed on your body that has a great amount of meaning behind a small image? We know the struggle. There are a lot of symbols out there. The hard part isn’t finding something small with a lot of meaning, but more the idea of having to choose one that fits the idea you are trying to portray. Many subjects of tattoos have a great deal of meaning but before you get one, you should determine what you want to be represented on your body.
The tattoo we are talking about today is the pinky promise tattoo and the meaning behind it. You may have seen this image when just being out and about. In most cases it depicts two hands with pinkies extended out either touching each other or wrapped around each other. Most of us don’t need an explanation of what it looks like because we have been making pinky promises with out friends since we were children. However, the meaning behind the tattoo could be slightly different than you were thinking.
In this post we are going to get into the pinky promise meaning and what it symbolizes for those that have decided to have this image tattooed on their bodies. We will also talk about the history behind this strange way to make a promise to another person. By the end of the post we hope you have a better understanding of the pinky promise tattoo meaning and maybe get you one step closer to getting your own.
Origins of the Pink Promise
For the people using it, the pinky promise is nothing to scoff at. If you believe it is binding, then it is. It will usually depend on the friend but an oath is an oath and this oath does have some merit. If more people knew of the origins of the pinky promise, they might take it a bit more seriously.
It is said the pinky promise has its origins in Japan and has been around the United States since around the 1860’s when it had been talked about in Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms. The following was said about the pinky promise; “Pinky, pinky, bow-bell. Whoever tells a lie will sink down to a bad place and never rise up again.”
