When Celia Robbins’ 14-year-old daughter asked if she had any regrets in life, she didn’t get deep about her past life choices. Instead, the first thing that came to mind was not purchasing a knitted sweater with puffins during a trip to Iceland years ago. The mother of four and freelance writer decided to share the regret on X — and what happened next was simply serendipitous.
” The New York resident happened to be in Amsterdam for work and was scrolling on X when her tweet popped up on his “for you” section. “I have that ,” he thought. He responded and went about his day before also noticing the attention his tweet had garnered. “I was sincere. I would happily get rid of that sweater,” he says. “I didn’t realize so many people on the internet would be that excited about it.