Marc has been the most popular name for children born in the Balearic Islands year after year for the last two decades, and 2024 was no exception. Last year, 111 babies were registered with this name. According to data published this Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the second most popular name last year was Pau, with 75 children registered with it, confirming that Catalan names remain among the most popular, even though they have lost some ground. As for dolls, the most common name in 2024 was Sofía, chosen 79 times, just one more than Martina, which was registered for 78 of the babies born in the Balearic Islands.

My parents are separated. They've been together since I was very young, so I can't say I carry any trauma from this episode. It all happened when I still lacked the awareness to know that my life had changed and to wonder if it would be worse. So now I have no memory of when they were together with which to compare the relationship we three have today. However, I'm not sure that—if I had memories—I would wish everything had been different. We are a normal (but not normative) family: the three of us have a WhatsApp group, from time to time we have lunch or coffee together, one asks me for the other—and vice versa—and they ask each other for help and favors when they need it. Aside from myself, I know they have a few things in common. They share certain ways of doing and seeing life. And perhaps that's why, coincidentally and unknowingly, they both decided to quit smoking on the same day, after nearly 40 years hooked on tobacco.