Maybe you can get one of those vibrating massage things at the store so the machine does the work and not your hands....my DH used to ask for a back rub but I just wasn't really good at it, but those gadgets take the guess work out of it....I've even had him lay down and I resorted to using a rolling pin, he loooved it....believe me both of you will love it, it's so relaxing....just purchase it and come walking into the room and tell him to just roll over and be quiet...lol
I can kind of see why he didn't want to say anything about you on a chat forum, my DH would NEVER say anything about me on one of those, and it's not because he doesn't feel that way about me....he's more of the type who would tell me but not other people... I mean if he did tell people what kind of response would he expect in return...."Wow, really? I'd like to meet her"......it's just not a guy thing to do....