Uxorilocality ??? the rule by which the married couple goes to live with the girl???s family after the marriage ??? is not, among the Aparai and Wayana (as well as for all of Amaz??nia) a categorical rule, but rather a tendency, subject to negotiation among the kin of the spouses and factors such as prestige and political power, social distance, pre-existence of affinal ties, etc.