“It wasn’t all that long ago that marriage between people of 14, 15 years was not considered unusual, but encouraged. Of course we had a rural agrarian economy and needed more help on the farms, plus people died rather early in life as compared to today”
Yes it was once accepted. In many states its still legal to marry with the parents permission.
One major difference in those cases is marriage and not casual sex. In those days it was also not uncommon for the father to respond with a shotgun.
I chased my daughters last boyfriend off with an iron pipe.....