Shoko rokuti kuchaya mapoto (cohabitation kuChirungu) rinotaurwa kana vanhu vaviri munhurume nemunhukadzi vasina kuroorana pamberi patezvara vachigara pamwechete sokunge murume nemukadzi vakaroorana. Tsika yekuchaya mapoto inonyanya kuwanikwa kumadhorobha akadai seHarare uye inowanikwawo pakati pemaZimbabwe vakayambuka kunogara kumhiri kwemakungwa kunyika dzinosanganisira United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, neUnited States of America. Kugara nekugara varume vazhinji vanotya kuchengetana nemukadzi wavasina kuroora pamberi patezvara. Izvi vanotya kuzviita nokuti musi wokunzi mukadzi uyu afa kana kuti asangana netsaona ari muakdzi anga achichaya mapoto murandu wacho unoripwa ipapo wakaoma. Kune nhau dzinotaurwa zhinji dzokuti tezvara vanoramba kuviga mwanasikana anga achibika mapoto kusvikira roora kana imwe mirandu yaripwa. Varipo varumwe vanosvika pakutobereka mhuri dzichikura pasina roora rakaripwa kuna tezvara; zivi zvinhu zvinoshoresa zvikuru patsika dzevaShona. Musi wokuti murume ari kuchaya mapoto afa achisiya vana, zvinotarisirwa kuti mhuri yake kana vana vake ndivo vachazoripa mari yeroora kuroora mukadzi uyo akagara nehama yavo mushakabvu. Madambudziko anosangana nevanhu vanochaya mapoto anosanganisira: Kusagutsikana zvikurusei kumukadzi anenge asina kuroorwa pamberi pevabereki nehama dzaka sezvinoitwa vamwe vanhukadzi vokwedu; Kushungurudzwa kwevanhukadzi vari mudzimba dziri kuitwa zvekuchaya mapoto vachishaya wokuzvikudza kana kwekupotera; Kusasununguka pakufambidzana nehama zvikurusei hama dzinotarisira kuti roora ringe rakaripwa vanhu vasati vagara vose setsika dzedu;