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Celebrate the launch of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 by sharing your dos and don’ts for throwing a big family wedding and you could win a £300 Love2Shop voucher. NOW CLOSED!

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ZaneMumsnet · 07/03/2016 12:11

Weddings should be occasions of joy and happiness; however there are some times when they can be stressful and downright insufferable. From unreasonable demands from brides to issues over inviting (or not inviting) children, not to mention the sticky issue of wedding lists and seating plans, they can be a bit of a nightmare. To mark the return of the long awaited romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, we would like to hear the rules you’d put in place for successful big family weddings.

Written by Academy Award® nominee Nia Vardalos, who stars alongside the entire returning cast of favourites, the film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 hits cinemas on March 25.

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If you were coming up with a list of dos and don'ts for how to throw a big family wedding what would they be? Have you been to some terrible ones you’d like to share a story about? If you were going to have one, how would you make sure it all went without a hitch?

Whatever your ideas and stories are, we'd love to hear them.
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Celebrate the launch of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 by sharing your dos and don’ts for throwing a big family wedding and you could win a £300 Love2Shop voucher. NOW CLOSED!
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lolly1182 · 25/03/2016 22:08

Avoid Alcohol. My husband had his stag do the night before. He claims to have only had 3 drinks but he was sick and in turn covered in a rash. He was very ill he only just got through the actual weeding. It was that bad he was in the toilet being sick when our first dance was due to start. His stupid brother was supposed to look after him.

poxx · 25/03/2016 22:20

Do what you want,its your day and everyone else that accepts the invitation is along for the ride.

frances93 · 25/03/2016 23:51

DO NOT - Let family members bully you into having people you/your partner don't want part of your big day (or you may get drunk & tell them that you didn't actually want them there like I did #AWKWARD!)

DO - Enjoy every moment of your special day, the day goes so fast and every single bit of stressing out over silly things is all forgotten about!

samosh22 · 27/03/2016 20:53

DO enjoy yourselves and take it easy

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