Ok, so I’m newly engaged but I’m also a bridesmaid to my sister in law. Her mom took it upon herself to plan the wedding. Basically said this is where we will have it and we all have to pay $350 each just for the venue. Now she wants us to pony up for centerpieces, balloons, a chair (wtf), and other decor. We are up to $400 currently. This isn’t including the whole bridesmaid group gift. Plus, the bride also wants to go to Vegas for her Bachelorette so we have to chip in for both her airfare and vrbo. I can’t imagine asking my bridesmaids to shell out this amount of $. Especially with gas prices and inflation being so high. I have been a bridesmaid before so this is not my first rodeo and at most we’ve chipped in was $250 for a shower. If the mother is doing the planning I can’t understand how she’s only chipping in $350-$400! Is this unreasonable at all?