title: Role, ritual, and the grynnflnk.
abstract: While cohabitation among middle-class youth has been increasing, there has been little exploration of the influence of this change on the extended kin system. This paper examines the formal recognition of cohabitation, via role change and ritual, and introduces terminology to describe a relationship heretofore unaccounted for in our vocabulary.
mesh_terms: D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D005114:Extramarital Relations; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012380:Role; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014825:Vocabulary