You may have seen them here and there—
tiny rings with a single stone
or a plain band on the pinkies of women.
No, it doesn’t mean she’s a
crime boss, as we see in pop culture.
Single women and happily attached
women are finding them useful for making promises,
but not the type of promise a mate
would make through the symbol of a ring.
Instead, the pinky promise – the sacred,
binding commitment that one dare not break –
is finding a new form of expression.
Long used by children
to seal secrets and by adults to seal deals
, this time-old tradition
has taken a fashionable turn.
Women are wearing pinky
rings to signify a pledge of self-love.
