A married man does not have the option of telling his wife to leave the house. It makes no difference that he is paying the mortgage. You have every right in the world to be in that house. It must be very hard to cope with the demands of your master's program, while you are couch surfing.

I very strongly advise that you go see a lawyer immediately. The two of you may be headed for a divorce. That's not the end of the world. But there is an orderly process for bringing a failed marriage to an end. You going wandering from post to pillar is not the way to go about it.

When you leave that house, he can tell a judge that you abandoned the marriage. That can affect the terms of a divorce in ways unfavorable to you. You don't need advice from his relatives. You need legal counsel. Get it.

If he needs to not be with you, that's his problem. Let him be the one to find an alternative place to sleep. Let him be the one to abandon the marriage. It sounds like that is what he wants to do. But he's trying to be clever and minimize any claim you may have to the assets of the marriage, such as the equity in that house.

If I were you, I would stay right there in that house for now. I would tell him to sleep on the couch. If he doesn't want to talk to you, then leave him alone. Just quietly go about your business of finishing school and doing as you have been doing. It sounds like what you have been doing makes a lot of sense.

He's the one who is not making sense. It sounds like he is sorry he got married. Well, that can be changed, but there is a proper way to do it. Never mind this foolishness of you leaving to give him space. If he needs space, let him go for a long walk.

How wonderful that you are soon going to have a master's degree! You sound like a good catch to me. See a lawyer. Do what the lawyer tells you. Understand that a divorce may be necessary. While that will feel sad for awhile, it will mean that eventually you can move on to find a much better soul mate to share your life with. I have a feeling you can do a lot better than this nut you are with. (I'm not mocking any psych disorder he may have. I'm mocking his ridiculous ideas of what he thinks he has a right to put a woman through.)