Let me just say that we have lived in the 'Midwest, the South and I grew up outside NYC. It is not the custom in any of those places for the groom to pay for a wedding unless the brides family is financially unable. Molly was their only daughter. They had two homes, good jobs, why did it fall to Jason to foot the bill?
And paying for the bridesmaids dresses? Every wedding...and at this stage of my life we have been to hundreds...every wedding the girls bought their own dresses.
The groom pays for the rehearsal dinner, his own tux. At my son's wedding, we offered to pay for the bar bill.
Jason was extremely generous to these people. Look how he tried to please her. And look what they did to him.