Invitation Typo(s)!

Agree with everyone who has said most people won't notice, those who notice won't care - and honestly if they are going to judge you over something like that, that's more about them than you. Those people were probably going to find something to judge you for either way so don't worry about pleasing the unpleasable.

Also if I were you, I'd frame one of those beautiful invitations - typos and all - as a reminder that life is messy and stuff goes wrong but there's beauty in the imperfections. :-) Similar to the significance some say the Jewish glass-breaking tradition has, i.e. marriage is full of both good and bad times and being there for each other through all those ups and downs.

BTW I'm a complete hypocrite here bc I caught a typo on our save the dates right as I started stuffing envelopes and had the entire order reprinted, which delayed sending by another 1-2 weeks. FH looked at me like "are you serious," my mom told me not to worry about it, but in the end I thought "hey, the whole order was ~$100 total, my peace of mind is worth paying for it twice" since I had budgeted high so I still wouldn't be running over. But I totally should've done what I'm telling you to do right now! LOL.

It's easy to miss errors like this when you know what the invite should say. In your head you've already read what you needed to.

It happens to me when I proofread for clients - and I get just as embarrassed.

Tip: slow down and read word by word using your finger

Send it to someone who doesn't know what it should say!

It's unlikely you'll get a full refund, but it doesn't hurt to ask. If you ask and nothing can be done, you aren't in any worse of a position than you are in now.

I'm really sorry this happened. I can say that it often helps me to have "fresh eyes" on something, or to print and read a hard copy (vs just staring at a computer screen), or to have a second or third person proofread what I have already looked at a bunch of times. I got samples of our invitation, menu, and place cards printed before purchasing a full order, just because I was worried about this. Even doing that, somehow on the printed menu the wrong proteins and sides got paired together for the entrees; I still haven't checked to see if I made the mistake printing our menu or the kitchen did in prepping the meals, but I'm pretty sure it was me. Also, I don't know why one of my guests pointed that out to me!

I honestly would not spend $1600 to have these reprinted if the company won't do it for free or for a steep discount (both of which seem unlikely based on the fact that the proof was approved). You can always get a smaller number of corrected invitations printed so that you have a typo free invitation to photograph at your wedding, or so you can send corrected invitations to VIP guests or those who may be more judgmental. I bet a good number of your guests won't even notice any of the errors; of those that do few will say anything or think any less of you or your wedding because of it. Its super frustrating for sure, but not the worst that could happen. Still stinks though!