Our neice came along with her daughter (close in age to mine). She is gun friendly, and has one for home defense, and her husband is a casual hunter. But she is fascinated with the fact that I carry concealed. Whenever we see her, she makes it a point to see if I am carrying at different events. Somtimes she'll greet me with a hug and inconspicuously pat me around the waist. She patted me on party evening, as well.
Later in the evening, she asked if I was carrying. I said "Yeah, but not cross draw", which was where she had patted me down most. She asked where and I said "Concealed is concealed", my standard answer. She actually looked relieved at the fact that I was carrying. BTW, I was carrying on my belt at 3 o'clock.
I've recently started carrying my .357 wheel gun, Ruger GP100, which is a bit larger than my regular carry j-frame. The first few times my kids noticed, when hugging or bumping me, they said "what's that?". When I showed them, the response was surprise. Not at the larger gun, but more like "Oh, you don't usually have that one with you."
