Sometimes I'm afraid that it didn't happen.

I'm scared that I'll wake up and still be buttering garlic bread waiting for my life to start.

But it did happen. It did. And I figured out some stuff.

My family is big and loud, but they're my family.

We fight and we laugh. And yes, we roast lamb on a spit in the front yard.

And wherever I go, whatever I do, they will always be there.

I'm Vanessa Zoltan.

I'm Hannah McGregor.

And this is Hot and Bothered. We are going to talk about the conclusion, the happily ever after of my big fat Greek wedding.

And I think we should start with the moment after the ceremony.

Yeah.

When Tula gets into the limo with Ian.

Okay.

So they finished their long elaborate Greek Orthodox wedding ceremony.

I've been to a Greek Orthodox wedding.

They are a blast. I love an elaborate

ritual. And they both get into the limo and immediately they begin sort of collaboratively

dismantling as much of Tula's outfit as they possibly can. De-tacifying. De-tacifying. She's wearing so much makeup,

and she starts taking the makeup off, and he's like, rub, don't blot, rub. He's like,

and like ripping, like, there's such a big veil and there's bows on everything and flus

on everything. So it's a sort of stripping away, which in and of itself

feels like an interesting moment, right? Because it's like she's her own person. Now she can literally

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