Time out

There are plenty of stupid relationship books out there, so it is probably hard to say that one is the stupidest. However, this has to be up there:

“If women understand the terminology, they can talk to their man in ways that he is going to understand,” Shiendling said. “The crucial point is men make a lot of relationship penalties, and just like with football teams, too many penalties gets in the way of winning.”

Not convinced? Here is an example:

Delay of game — In football, if the offensive team takes too long to hike the ball this penalty is called. “In relationships, men are frequently guilty of delay of game. The man messes up. The woman hopes he will come talk to her. But he puts his head in the sand and doesn’t deal with it … The relationship cannot go forward unless the issue is addressed in a timely manner.”

When this happens, women need to call “delay of game.” “Men will understand exactly what is happening,” Shiendling says.

If the author thinks a bad relationship can be fixed simply by wifey using football jargon, I hope he also explains the term "free-agent" to her.