No, I'm calling the shots for me. I've decided to move out instead of living with her in a pseudo-marriage. She'd be content to stay together for two years until our debt is paid off.

I think her statements about this not being permanent, that leases could be broken, that we're not doing anything legal, are just probes at me to see how serious I am. Instead of agreeing with her, I probably should have said I have no plans to break the lease.

Now it might be a mistake for me to move out, not from a legal (abandonment) sense, but from a DB sense. She gets to stay nice and comfy in our marital house, with no real disruption other than having to cook dinner for the girls 3-4 nights a week, and also having to do everything with maintaining the house: laundry, shopping, etc.