[Answer]-Want to make sure object not in queryset before adding it

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You should use the name attribute on m2m not the m2m itself to compare

@login_required
def suggestName(request):
    name = request.POST['name'].strip()
        event_id = request.POST['event_id']
    try:
        e = Event.objects.get(event_id = event_id)
    except Event.DoesNotExist:
        e = customEvent.objects.get(event_id = event_id)
    if name in e.suggestedN.values_list('name', flat=True):
        pass
    else:
        (some code)

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