When I was a kid/teen I would dance with my mom a lot. She would put on music on the surround sound be had in our living room and hold out her arms while asking me to come dance with her. We'd usually do soft dancing, just interlocking our fingers while pressed against each other and swaying and spinning with each other, but sometimes we'd do more kinetic, fast-paced dancing together. early on I had trouble keeping up when we did dances like those, but she kept teaching me what to do when you're with a girl and how to do the dances right with her until I got good at it. She was pretty short so by the time I was around 12, I became taller then her. From then on, I would usually be the one to lead our dances.
I don't know why she always wanted me to dance with her like that, but I never thought to ask why. I guess it was a way for us to bond. she never asked me to dance with her when anyone else was around, and it fact she would usually only ask when we were the only 2 in the house. Maybe she thought it would be embarrassing if we danced while others were watching. Or maybe she just wanted it to be a semi-secret thing that we did in our alone time together, as something special. I'm not sure.
pic somewhat related, minus the fantasy elements of course. It's a mother and son dancing similarly to how we did, especially when I started leading the dances, and I would usually have my arm behind her when we were doing slower dances kinda like how the picture shows. That was about our height difference as I was entering my teens. She also did like to wear dresses a lot, so she would often be wearing dresses or skirts when we danced, although hers were usually shorter than that one. I'm not sure about the high heels though. She might've worn them sometimes when we danced and I know she had at least one pair but I wasn't paying attention to her feet most of the time so my memory is foggy there.
anyway cool thread OP. you brought back some memories that I sorta forgot about.