Have you ever called your any of your family members by your MC's name?

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After reworking my query all afternoon, I accidentally called my daughter "Emily." I thought it was funny, but my wife wasn't amused.

Anyone else do this? Or something like it?
 

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I just imagined this scenario:

"Oh keep going, keep going yes, yes, yes, oh Jessica!"

"Who?"

"Sorry, sorry, I meant--"

"Who the fuck is Jessica?"

"No, no..."

"Are you cheating on me?"

"She's just the MC of my novel."

"You're cheating on me, with a fictional character?"

"Please."

"Get out, you creep."
 

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No, I've never called anyone by my MC's name to their face, but I did once accidentally e-mail my MC.

It was a work day and I'd spent my lunch hour writing. When I got back to the office I had to send an e-mail to one of our vendors. His address was first name . last name @ company name . com . He shared a first name with my MC, so off I went, adding my character's last name instead of the vendor's. I didn't realize what I'd done until I got the bounce back.
 

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I called my cat by my character's name a couple times, haha, how weird is that? Sometimes when I've been thinking I've accidentally thought of someone by a character's name, but luckily I haven't messed up in person yet... :p
 

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No, but one time when throwing out baby names to an expecting coworker I mentioned the name of my main character on my WIP at the time. (TOTAL accident, I swear!) Luckily, she passed.
 
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