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My experience was poor.
I showed the CHL and DL to the wander by holding them up, then she directed me to her supervisor. I held them up again for the supervisor and she suddenly reaches out and attempts to grab them from my hand. This caught me off guard as I was not offering them to her, so I instinctively yanked them back. She about threw a fit, she was being all sassy about it, sayin' I was throwin' them all up in her face (she was a person of a minority ethnicity, ok? Maybe I'm just not understanding or something. maybe her hair was weaved too tight, she had a really bad attitude about it) and what do I expect her to do. I just calmly told her "Ma'am you tried to grab them from my hands, I was not expecting that." didn't matter, she escorted me to the DPD officer still going on about it "under her breath" loudly, kind of acting a little crazy moving around a bunch. Right in front of the officer, so I said again "ma'am, you tried to take the cards out of my hands, and I was not expecting that" still didn't matter. I looked at the officer and told him "I'm not sure what her problem is" He just rolled his eyes, handed me back my cards, and said "there you go, have a nice day." Never said anything about Old Mill or Cotton Bowl.

My father in law of course had no issue, waved his badge and walked right in.

We are finally going today, going to head over with the wife, baby, and inlaws. Both my father in law and I will be carrying but of course he gets to just flash his badge (he is LEO), i'll have to "check-in" I guess.

I am so looking forward to going on a weekday! Every other year (in the 3 years I've lived here) we've gone on a weekend and it was packed. Prayers that the baby (8 months old and teething hardcore) will not the entire time. that will be no fun.

Ark03 wrote:
My wife tolerates my carrying, but certainly doesn't see the need for it. I've had the ol' 'do you wear a seatbelt every day' talk with her, but she still rolls her eyes when she sees me strapping up, especially when we're in the house when playing with the kid. Any words of wisdom from you veteran carriers on how to get the better half's buy-in?

Not sure I would have made my wife do it, I might have taken the risk with the gun, just being extra careful not to bend over (squat, kneel, etc), little things seem to turn into BIG things when she was preggo last year at the fair. My wife also "tolerates" me carrying and the longer I've been carrying the more comfortable she is with it. She even appreciates it somewhat. She was worried about riding the DART to the fair this year because we have the baby with us, when I reminded her I would be armed she was reassured and more amicable to riding DART instead of fighting for parking.
Also, I should say that a few years ago before we met she was actually carjacked at a gas station in a "good part of town". A guy pointed a gun at her (she didn't really connect that it was a gun at first) and tried to force her into the car, but she pushed past him and got away and he sped off. Even after that traumatic experience my wife to this day has no interest in carrying a gun on her person or even in the car. Some people I think will just never come fully around and thats ok for us, at least I can carry.

This is our first year doing the Fair with a baby. He's 8 months old so he's not going to get much out of it, nor are we going to really be up for doing any rides, and we don't want to fight crowds. So any tips on a good day to go where it won't be that crowded? I was thinking of taking a day off work to do it. Just so we can relax there a bit and not feel rushed or crowded. My father in law (who is not a senior citizen) usually goes on Senior's Day. Says its usually the least crowded and least amount of rude people.