Pinky Swears

[spartacus53]

How many people remember the old "pinky swears"? I remember when young, the pinky swear was more credible than swearing on a stack of bibles You made a pinky swear you had best lived up to your end of the deal.

I wonder if kids still use it today?

 

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[Chug And Red]

As far as I know, my kids didn't do pinky swear, my friends and I did when we were kids! Red

 

[Zephyr]

How many people remember the old "pinky swears"? I remember when young, the pinky swear was more credible than swearing on a stack of bibles You made a pinky swear you had best lived up to your end of the deal.

I wonder if kids still use it today?

If so, it'll probably be misinterpreted as a gang sign by paranoid control freaks at school. (And I once knew a girl named Pinky. She could swear real good. )

 

[spartacus53]

Zephyr, you do make a good point there regarding the school control freaks

It would be my only guess that those people grew up like a piece of veal

What is funny is that a pinky swear was the most honorable pact one could make. I would have to say after that, a firm handshake was the closing of a deal when we became adults.... Unfortunately today, the handshake is meaningless and does not have the same value as years ago.

 

[FarmerChick]

they still do it. my kiddo is in first grade and she was telling me a story and said she pinky sweared and it was a done deal.
you are crap if you break a pinky swear.

me, never did it in my life.

 

[spartacus53]

FarmerChick, why not, had a problem keeping your word

 

[FarmerChick]

HAha

no it wasn't done in my area. heck I never heard of pinky swear. must be regional for all I know.

we just grew up knowing your friends word was it---but we did have that time of 'blood oath' and pulled out the knives. cool and scary at the same time

 

[DigginThePast]

How many people remember the old "pinky swears"?

I only remember those of a different finger.