My wife's dad had family and friends that lived around a Amish community in central eastern Indiana.
When visiting them one summer Saturday evening several years ago we were all sitting out on the front porch talking and watching some young Amish men and women ride by in horse and buggies. We were told that young Amish folks "courted" by attending church services together on Saturday evenings.
I made some Courier & Ives / Norman Rockwell type comment comparing them versus typical wild, sex partying, modern-day "English" youths but was quickly informed by the family we were visiting that that was a common misconception that most had but after living among the Amish for most of their adult lives they knew better and that every bit as many Amish girls are already pregnant when they marry as non Amish.
