“I never felt like growing a baby inside of me.”

Ada, Berlin

I photographed Ada back in 2017, and I was so inspired by how she’d left her home country to live in new places and have new experiences. I could relate, especially to how Ada values independence, spontaneity, and her relationship over everything else. I totally agree: you only get one chance at life, and you have to live happy.

I never felt like growing a baby inside of me. It’s a lot of responsibility bringing another life into this world. I want to be honest, and the truth is that I don’t want to always have to be there for another person.

I figured out that I didn’t want to have babies when I left Mexico in my twenties. I moved to Italy to learn the language, and ever since then, I’ve been independent. I wanted to work, and buy what I wanted, without limitations, and I’ve always been responsible for myself and my life. I’ve been alone for many years, and I know how hard it is to live away from my home country, let alone to be responsible for somebody else, for the rest of my life.

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