Daughter’s middle name is Coraline 😕

With all the recent news, I’m having some regret/embarrassment about my daughter’s middle name. Thankfully it is just a middle name, so it won’t come up too often. (My thought was you can be zany with middle names. If she loves it she can share it, if she doesn’t like it it’s not super impactful to change or she simply doesn’t have to tell anyone.) I loved the idea of a fictional character, and adored Gaiman’s work. I had never heard anything bad about him, so I thought I was in the clear. I’m done having children, but would caution anyone else from naming after a fictional character. Even if the character doesn’t left you down, the creator certainly can.