diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index ec5bdbccd..3e4ac1f11 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
       @aspects = current_user.aspects.where(:id => params[:a_ids])
     else
       @aspects = current_user.aspects
+      @contacts_sharing_with = current_user.contacts.sharing
     end
 
     #No aspect_listings on infinite scroll
diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index e7d747ee9..87242f8a2 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_uniqueness_of :person_id, :scope => :user_id
 
+  scope :sharing, lambda {
+    where(:sharing => true)
+  }
+
   def dispatch_request
     request = self.generate_request
     Postzord::Dispatch.new(self.user, request).post
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
index 7e0d91bb7..7081b1c9f 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
@@ -12,3 +12,16 @@
   - for aspect in aspects
     = render 'aspects/aspect', :aspect => aspect, :contacts => aspect.contacts
 
+  - if @contacts_sharing_with
+    %li{:class => ("dull" if @contacts_sharing_with.size == 0)}
+      .right
+        %b
+          = link_to t('contacts', :count => @contacts_sharing_with.size), edit_aspect_path(aspect), :rel => 'facebox', :class => 'contact-count'
+      %b
+        People sharing with you
+      %br
+
+      - if @contacts_sharing_with.size > 0
+        .contacts
+          - for contact in @contacts_sharing_with[0..15]
+            = person_image_link(contact.person)
diff --git a/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
index a242e427e..d4455fa78 100644
--- a/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@
       %br
       %hr{:style=>"width:300px;"}
       
-    - if user_signed_in? && contact.sharing?
+    - if user_signed_in?
       %br
-      %h4
-        #{person.name} is sharing with you.
+      - if contact.sharing?
+        %h4
+          #{person.name} is sharing with you.
+      - elsif contact.receiving?
+        %h4
+          You are sharing with #{person.name}
 
-  -if user_signed_in? && ((contact.persisted? && contact.mutual?) || person == current_user.person || @incoming_request)
+  -if user_signed_in? && (contact.sharing? || person == current_user.person)
     %ul#profile_information
       - unless person.profile.bio.blank?
         %li
diff --git a/app/views/people/show.html.haml b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
index 54ea641f2..80d070501 100644
--- a/app/views/people/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .span-15.last
   #author_info
     - if user_signed_in?
-      - if !@contact.receiving? #!(current_user.person == @person) && !(@contact.persisted? && !@contact.sharing?)
+      - if !@contact.receiving?
         .right
           = link_to t('.start_sharing'),
             {:controller => "contacts",
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/user/connecting.rb b/lib/diaspora/user/connecting.rb
index 0b65d8c68..9ddc3531d 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/user/connecting.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/user/connecting.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Diaspora
         if !contact.mutual? || opts[:force]
           contact.destroy
         else
-          contact.update_attributes(:sharing => false)
+          contact.update_attributes(:receiving => false)
         end
 
         posts.each do |p|
diff --git a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
index 1b776391d..f7a32b7ad 100644
--- a/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/contact_spec.rb
@@ -44,19 +44,18 @@ describe Contact do
       contact.person = person
       contact.should_not be_valid
     end
+  end
 
-    it 'validates that sharing and aspect membership count are consistant' do
-      pending
-      person = Factory(:person)
-
-      contact2 = alice.contacts.create(:person=>person)
-      contact2.should be_valid
-
-      contact2.aspect_memberships.create(:aspect => alice.aspects.first)
-      contact2.should_not be_sharing
-      contact2.should_not be_valid
-
-
+  context 'scope' do
+    describe 'sharing' do
+      it 'returns contacts with sharing true' do
+        lambda {
+          alice.contacts.create!(:sharing => true, :person => Factory(:person))
+          alice.contacts.create!(:sharing => false, :person => Factory(:person))
+        }.should change{
+          Contact.sharing.count
+        }.by(1)
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user/connecting_spec.rb b/spec/models/user/connecting_spec.rb
index 181982e88..7a1c94883 100644
--- a/spec/models/user/connecting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user/connecting_spec.rb
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ describe Diaspora::UserModules::Connecting do
         }.by(-1)
       end
 
-      it 'removes a contacts mutual flag' do
-        bob.contacts.find_by_person_id(alice.person.id).should be_mutual
+      it 'removes a contacts receiving flag' do
+        bob.contacts.find_by_person_id(alice.person.id).should be_receiving
         bob.remove_contact(bob.contact_for(alice.person))
-        bob.contacts(true).find_by_person_id(alice.person.id).should_not be_mutual
+        bob.contacts(true).find_by_person_id(alice.person.id).should_not be_receiving
       end
     end