If you witnessed your s/o re-gifting the expensive item you just bought them (and are still making payments on),

Probably.  I could see something sarcastic coming out of me like, "Wow, this looks very familiar!"  LOL

I personally would not be giving gifts that I needed to make payments on tbh.  I give what I can readily afford.  

Speak right up, you bet your patooty.  By s/o I mean husband  and well, this just isn't the way married people behave.  Even boyfriend/girlfriend couples should respect each other enough to return an expensive gift rather than give it to someone else.  

I would never speak to him again.  Forget the speaking UP part. 

I would also give the remaining payment book to his new "friend".   

You have to be kidding me.   Who is this big a scumbag???

1) I would never buy a gift that expensive

2) My attitude is a gift is a gift. If the person takes the gift and donates it to Goodwill the next day, or regives it, or puts it in the backyard and fills it with shotgun blasts (Warning:Don't try this at home!...;-D...), that's the recipient's business.

Of course, if any of the above did happen, I might inquire why the person didn't see fit to keep and treasure the gift, so that I could improve my gift selection criteria. But a gift is a gift.

Thriftymaid, of course it's not "suppose" to be the way married or unmarried couples behave, but as we all know some are capable of far worse than that. Thank you.

PeaPod, there are times throughout the years that on special occasions like Christmas or birthdays, when I would purchase a loved one's special gift on credit. But I always did it knowing I had the ability to make those payments. But some people make the mistake of over-extending themselves. If it was me, I'd speak up. Thank you

OS, if you truly believe a gift is a gift and that it's THEIR business what they choose to do with it, why would you turn around and make it your business to not only ask them why they didn't keep it, but why they didn't treasure it as well?

Don't get me wrong, I realize once you give any gift, you've transferred ownership and it's no longer yours. But at the same time, it's understandable someone might have hurt feelings. But what makes it even more hurtful was the way they did it - right in front of you. Next year? They'll get a KMart cheese package from the half off table because it was past the expiration date.

sharon, it was just a hypothetical question. Fortunately, I never had someone do that to me.