Ok, My Lovely (cringe) Mother in Law wants to go Hot air Ballooning for her 60th Birthday. She pops this all on us today and expects us to pony up and go with her. My problem is that I have a LOT of stuff to pay for between now and then (May 19) and really don't want to spend the $$$ on her birthday gift. It is going to be about 200.00 each for me and the Wife. That 400.00 plus the Breakfast before hand will be another 40.00 plus daycare/ babysitting. I am looking at close to 500.00 for her birthday. We all have to pay our own way and It is pretty much manditory. My question is... How would you handle her/this? Now If I asked her to blow 500.00 for my Birthday do you think she would? Hell no. She also gets to go to Hawaii for the second time this year and motorhoming for a couple of weeks. I think she could do without the damn Hot Air Balloon.