The End of My Career

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To Live and Be Perplexed By L.A.

My Wife Was Late Picking My Son Up From School. She Had the Most Interesting Excuse Ever.

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Joel Stein
Apr 25, 2025
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For the first 20 minutes, my 15-year-old son was angry at my lovely wife Cassandra, assuming she left the house late to pick him up from school. After an hour of waiting at school and getting a text from her, he was angry that while she was stuck in traffic, at least she could look at Instagram, which his school has ingeniously blocked on their grounds.…

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