2. We both pay the mortgage equally but her parents gifted us the down payment to buy the house. If/when the final split happens I'd most likely be the one looking for a new place if we don't end up selling the house. So I don't really see it as being "my" house to take back.
It's more of a symbol that this arrangement isn't working for you anymore.
that makes sense, I was thinking more literally of it being "my" house.
