"That's 'cause you're a hunk with muscles on your muscles. Hang on a sec."
She walked around to the back and adjusted something. A couple of straps were pulled and two leather cushions on either side were moved back slightly, giving me a bit more room for my shoulders.
"Ahkay, cool."
"Your arms go in there." she said and pointed to the insides of the armrests - which clearly weren't really armrests, then.
I slid my arms in there and felt them being enveloped by some kind of leather sleeves, like I was wearing a thick jacket or something.
Christine stood beside the chair and picked up the remote off the table. She then took me through the buttons.
"This one starts it, then you gotta wait for the thing to detect where your body is..."
I could hear the electric motors in the chair buzzing around, and I felt a series of lumps moving up and down my back. There were clearly some kind of balls connected to something inside it, and when the balls moved, they pushed against my body and massaged the areas they moved against. After a few seconds, the machine asked for instructions.
"First you set the shoulder height. Just try different ones until you find the one that feels best. Then you choose the program. How about starting with the automatic ones?"
"Sure." I replied.
She clicked a few buttons, showing me how I could select the program I wanted. Then she suddenly changed her mind, saying:
"Actually, I shouldn't show you. You do it. See how easy it is."
It was actually very easy. I selected one of the auto programs, sat back and relaxed, and if I wanted to change the tilt of the back or footrest, there were big buttons on the remote, clearly marked with arrows. The chair was pretty good too. The rolling balls went up and down my back in all sorts of motions, depending on which program I chose. It also massaged my legs by pumping air into the leather cushions on each side, effectively squeezing my calf muscles for about ten seconds before releasing the grip. My arms got the same treatment; the leather "sleeves" being pumped full of air in sequence, first squeezing my upper arms, then the lower - first the right arm, then the left.
"Each program lasts 20 minutes. You can stop them early, of course, by clicking the 'off' button here."
"Right ... could we do this later, then? I was gonna watch the game..."
"Well, you can watch it and keep testing, can't you? I'm eager to hear what you think ... In fact, let me get my laptop and we can get started right away?"
It was framed as a question, but definitely wasn't one. Christine ran out and I heard the door slam behind her. She lived just across the road from us. Initially, when we moved in here, I had thought it was a bit of a curse to have my mother-in-law live literally a stone's throw away. On reflection, though, the benefits outweighed the downsides. She respected our privacy and it was pretty useful to have her around if we needed help with the kids or something.
She was back in a flash, sitting down on the floor with her legs crossed and her laptop in her lap. Then she asked for comments on everything from the feel of the massage to the settings on the remote. As it turned out, while the automatic programs were pretty easy to set up, it was more difficult figuring out how you could program the chair in detail. There were all sorts of settings and tweaks you could make, but I couldn't work out how to select them properly. As I explained what the issues were, Christine eagerly took notes on her laptop.
"This is great, keep going. What was the problem with the shoulders?"
"Well, the remote has a thing where you can change the 'shoulder width', right? But when I try to change it, nothing happens?"
"Oh, yeah, it has to be done before the program starts. And it doesn't work on the auto programs."
"Ah, right. Okay. And what about this tilt thing - the back can clearly go back farther, but when I try to tilt the legs down, I can't have the back horizontal?"
"No, that's true. There's a maximum angle between the back, the seat and the footrest. When the back gets tilted all the way back, the legs have to come up a bit as well."
"Okay. I'll get the hang of it."
Over the next few days, my mother-in-law was practically living in our house. It was actually pretty nice having her here to keep me company, since my wife had taken our kids camping for a week. I also appreciated her cooking, which was a lot better than mine. She also seemed to enjoy coming over just to chat. I felt like we had been getting closer since I came home after my tour. Most of the time, though, she had me test her massage chair, taking notes whenever I had something to say.
One evening, I was reclined in the chair while enjoying one of the automatic programs that massaged my upper back muscles. I was also beginning to enjoy the sleeves that squeezed my arms; having been working out pretty hard lifting weights in the basement, it felt really good to have my biceps and forearms massaged like this. I hadn't really thought about it before, but whenever I had gotten a massage, it was mostly on my back and shoulders - which was great, but I was really beginning to like having my arms done as well.
The balls in the back were rolling continuously up and down along my spine, and the gentle buzzing of the motors made me feel relaxed and sleepy. And a bit horny. It had started to happen occasionally, this. I just felt so relaxed and enjoyed the feeling of being pampered in this massive chair, that I started to get an erection that began throbbing away in my pants. Not that I could do anything about it right then, but ...
"Enjoying yourself?" I heard Christine's voice from across the room - she'd let herself in and joined me in the living room.
"Mhm... it's really nice, this
'neck and back' program
." I replied, sleepily, with my eyes still closed.
"Yeah, I can tell." she said in a quiet, soothing voice.
"Mh?" I was still half asleep.
"Is it the massage that's getting you hard?"
"What?"
I was suddenly awake and acutely aware that I was pitching a tent which was clearly visible to any onlookers, including my mother-in-law. I felt my face reddening.
"Pretty nice bulge." she went on unfazed. "Is it the massage? Does it feel so good that it makes you horny?"
"No..."
"Don't be embarrassed, it's normal to get a hard-on when you're enjoying yourself."
"I wasn't... I mean..."
"Well, it's not exactly a vibrator, sweetie, but I know it's really good getting your lower back massaged like that. Just one thing: if you're gonna cum, try not to mess up the leather."
She gave me a wink and giggled as she walked out of the living room. She was always so direct. And so ... experienced. Talking about sex seemed so easy for her. She just said that thing and then went back into the kitchen, like she'd just asked him what he wanted on his burgers or something.
She returned a few minutes later, with a plate of sandwiches, cut to triangles just the way I liked them.
"Hungry?" she said, and I nodded.
"The chair's got a few minutes left to run, I think."
"Oh, no need to wait for that. Here, I'll feed you, open wide."
I did as she asked and chomped down on the juicy BLT sandwich she held for me. I was laughing internally at the idea that I was being hand-fed like one of those rich guys with servants in T.V. shows about ancient Rome.
"Tunkx..." I mumbled with my mouth full as she fed it to me a little too quickly.
"You had some more notes for me?" she said as I finished the sandwich.
"Yeah, I put them over there. The notebook you left earlier..."
"Ah, great. It's really helpful, this, thank you. It's useful to have a man's opinion and not just my own... I still wonder if it feels different for you than it does for me, so keep tweaking those settings."
"How would it feel different?"
"Oh, I'm just wondering if men are thinking differently about getting massaged. I mean, me - I like certain massages better than others, and it also depends on my mood. If I want to relax, I like the 'relax' mode. If my muscles ache, I like the 'full air' mode. If I need to cum, I like
internal
massage."
I felt my cheeks blush again.
"Internal...?"