<prompt> Human: Hey personal finance! I just need some guidance on how things should work out.Back story: my ex and I were together for nearly 2 years, in that time together we purchased a 7000 TV. This purchase was done on a credit card under my name as his credit history sucks and we had been paying for it with our joint finances. Weve been in the process of breaking up for the past couple weeks and a few times hes told me the TVs mine, he doesnt care whatever.Now, today he texts me asking if Im going to be taking the TV and fixing him up for it.So my understanding of the reality of it is that because it was paid out of shared money theres not really a fixing up, I just take over the payments on my own.Is this train of thought not right? Please help reddit, I just need some guidance and have no one to turn to in the real world.  <response>: Making some assumptions here so forgive me if Im wrong:Hell want all the money back that he put into it, I assume, since hes come out of this transaction with nothing despite having paid x over the two years.Youve inherited a financial burden as a result of the break-up and will want to minimise how much you have to pay to settle this dispute.Seems to me the fairest solution is to work out what of the television he has paid for, and adjust number that down to whatever the value of the television is worth now. So if he paid 1000 on a tv that was worth 7000 but is now worth only 3500, you offer him 500.He is due some money back in fairness but not to the same value as his original investment. 