Sig 238.
The recoil is very mild, the slide locks back on the last round, it has real night sights, it looks good, and the slide is easy to rack. It's actually fun to shoot at the range, the LCP is not.
Yesterday, I let a woman shoot my Sig, she loved it, and she's afraid of snappy guns.
Is it a real pocket pistol? I also have a Kahr PM-9 and I agree, it's not a pocket pistol. The dimensions don't vary much to the Sig........but those 1/2" here and 1/4" there really add up once you have it in your hand. Even Sig says it's 1.1" wide, and that didn't seem right, so I measured mine with calipers, it's .8" wide at the widest, the safety.
I guess Sig doesn't read their own specs.
I've carried the Sig in my pocket, although I've now gone to a Seecamp. Now that's small, and well under $600 if you get the .32.