Maxim who reads it?

[Dianne]

I LOVE Maxim!! I like to read it and then tell my boyfriend how on or off the mark they are. (i.e. "If you ever tried that with me, I would dump you!") Besides, the mag is funny and all my guy friends think I am so cool for reading it. Similarly, my boyfriend reads my Cosmo's sometimes for basically the same reasons (and the the hot models, but I pretend like I don't that).

[KSig RC]

Just to show you how serious Maxim can be for some guys . . .

One of my best friends growing up had a recent get-together at lovely Iowa State University . . . so I sucked up my pride and headed up to Ames, for a night of barhopping and partying with the kids I grew up with. Tony also happens to be a charter subscriber to Maxim magazine, and keeps every issue in pristine condition . . . he loves the magazine like his mother.

Well, long story short, we ended up teaching a few quick billiards lessons and exceeding our recommended daily allowance of bourbon, and head back at bartime. Around 6am, I wake up off the couch with a bit of a "Rumblin' in the gut" . . . so I head off o the bathroom and "do the deed."

Well . . . lo and behold, as I reach for the roll of TP, I find it to be not only empty but freaking missing. In fact, quick inspection of the bathroom yields no TP, no paper towels, no napkins, no tissue, no sani-wipes, no tree bark, no cardboard, nothing. In fact, the only thing around is the last 6 months of Maxim magazine . . .

. . . but I recall that Tony is, in fact, legally insane with regard to Maxim magazine. So, that option is out - let's face it, if there is suddenly poopy all over the issue with Melissa Joan Hart, I'm going to be murdered and that's the bottom line.

After a little bit of soul searching, laughing my ass off, and nearly crying, I discover my Calle del Oro . . . a washrag belonging to the third roommate, who I don't know very well. Strips of this rag serviced nicely, and prevented a Maxim-induced, untimely end to my life.

Guys take Maxim extremely seriously - I'd suggest women do the same.

[peachy]

Mr. Peachy subscribes, and I read it as well. It's thought-provoking, with some humor and self-deprication thrown in. This month's report on the Maxim road trip contest was hysterical. Why don't women have this much carefree fun?

Most ladies' magazines (a) take themselves too seriously and (b) limit reader participation to the letters/useful tips departments. Ho-hum!

[Starlet]

I have read some articles from Maxim just because they were lying around my guy friend's apartment one day and I decided to look through them. The articles are interesting because they're coming from a different perspective over the usual Glamour magazines I have been getting in the mail. Actually, I'm considering getting a subscription to Maxim pretty soon.

[ChiOqt]

I love it..I always take one a friend's copy and sit and laugh! It's just like guys reading our Cosmo's!!

[jojapeach]

I read it when I can find a copy, and I find it hilarious. I still remember one of the earlier issues had an article on men who are not circumcised. It was kinda clinical but touched on personal issues also. It was actually informative and made me appreciate my "friend" at the time who was uncircumcised. I'll always respect the magazine for the content, but those ads with the women sprawled and posed all kinds of ways irk me. Then again, I know they're not looking for my demographic.