Let us explore the dating scene in Colonial America. It was hella cold so couples would “bundle.” That meant getting in bed, fully clothed, bundled up in blankets and being separated by a “bundling board,” in the girl’s home, b/c there was no messing about, back then.
The girl’s parents would tie her feet and place her in a “bundling bag,” for extra protection.
The girl’s parents would be there, too, as the couple “got to know each other.”
Sometimes, the whole damned family was there.
This is clearly a reenactment, b/c you do not come over the board.
If bundling failed to keep two lovers apart, and the couple somehow managed to be expecting, the decision to marry was made for them; shotgun weddings protected their morality.
https://www.historyelegance.info/bundling-or-courtship-in-bed/