Riker/Troi... do you wish they'd done something with it sooner?

[Orphalesion]

^ I think that was just for comedy. He knew Deanna was joking and went with it, contemplayting thst the word does not have all the meanings in Beazed culture as in Klingon.
After all he accepted Deanna into his house and did not ask to become "Worf, Son of the Fifth House of Betazed" Likewise his actual step mom, Helena, would not lose her standing with him.

As to your step dance suggestion, wouldn't that cause Beverly and Data to feel left out ?

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

^ I think that was just for comedy. He knew Deanna was joking and went with it, contemplayting thst the word does not have all the meanings in Beazed culture as in Klingon.
After all he accepted Deanna into his house and did not ask to become "Worf, Son of the Fifth House of Betazed" Likewise his actual step mom, Helena, would not lose her standing with him.

As to your step dance suggestion, wouldn't that cause Beverly and Data to feel left out ?

After Data stepped on Beverly's feet, she wasn't so eager to make him a dance partner anymore. She told him to use a hologram instead.