Ok, some of my friends read sgforums, so Im gonna mask this
person's identity. Lets just call my friend X.
Well here's what happened.
X's mother treated me nicely, often offering to give me a lift
home. So in return I bought a gift for X's brothers, as I did not
know what to give X's mom, but the gift got X's brothers displayed
the sentiments of gratitude I wanted to show for her kindness.
(After all, X's brothers are her mother's sons, so the attitude is
shared.)
But here's what X did. Upon receiving the gift, (I passed it to her
to pass to her brothers) she planned to give it to her brothers -
but pass it off as her own! So basically it becomes he gift. Now
the gift is not some terribly fantastic piece of goodilooki
ornament, but it's (quite literally), the thought that
counts.
So now I can't relay to X's mom my appreciation for her, and X has
ended up with a gift she calls her own.
Of course I can do the RIGHT thing and simply call X's mom and tell
her about the gift, but X has already told her mom the gift's from
her. And it's not that the mom would not trust me (in fact I think
she will know I'm telling the truth), it's just that I'm giving X
the benefit of the doubt to tell the truth (which she undoubtly
won't).
....so if you were me, what would you do? 
