Not this bad, but I have a story.
When my exH and I got engaged and moved in together money was tight. His birthday was coming up and I "budgeted" $50 for his gift. Budgeted in quotes because we didn't really have a budget. We were just starting to merge finances and I knew that his finances were even tighter than mine in terms of cash available. He preferred to live on credit cards though.
Anyhow, I budgeted $50 to buy him a photo camera. That's what he wanted, a camera. Somehow, it became an $150 camera that he picked. Then he wanted a $225 camera. We ended up buying $800 SLR camera. This was in 2001, so it was an expensive camera. Especially for a couple just starting out.
There were so many red flags in that relationship, not just financial, I can't even count them all. Took me 15 years to see the light and get out.
Oh to be young again and do it all over.