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Going through something similar with my bride of almost 40 years. We have always had a few guns in the house. I took her to the range many years ago when I bought my first gun: SW Model 10 .38. She moves it to her night stand when I'm out of town. She knows how to use the double barrel 16 gauge shotgun.
And she has kept a little .22 auto in her car for a couple of years. But she was not interested in taking the CHL class until a couple of her friends told me they wanted to take the class with me. My bride reluctantly agreed to take the class. She made 100 on the written and shot 226/250 on the range test. I was quite proud of her. She opted to use my four inch Model 10 instead of my Model 10 snub. I think she was secretly pleased with herself but won't admit it.
That night I told her how proud I was of her success in the class. She replied that it won't change anything, that doesn't want to start carrying but will continue to keep a gun in her car.

The .22 auto car gun is a cheap Jennings. I tested it a couple of days ago and it jammed three times in the first clip. It now has a date with a sledge hammer. I told her that I would get her an Airweight snub for her car gun. (Just like her friend's) She also agreed to take my NAA Mini .22 Magnum (hollowpoints) which she could easily keep in her purse or tote in her pocket. She is agreeable to that. Between the .38 snub and the .22 Mini I feel pretty good about things.

She is never going to be a gung-ho carrier but she told me that she would go with me out into our woods and do some practice shooting once a month or so.
That works for me. I will never push her to do anything she's not comfortable with. I didn't last 40 years with her by being TOO stupid.