diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index f5c73660f..ae274c142 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
         @friend = current_user.accept_and_respond( params[:id], params[:group_id])
         
         flash[:notice] = "you are now friends"
-        redirect_to root_url 
+        redirect_to current_user.group_by_id(params[:group_id])
       else
         flash[:error] = "please select a group!"
         redirect_to requests_url
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 1f82115ae..ead632e74 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class User
       person.save  
 
     elsif object.is_a?(Comment) 
-          dispatch_comment object unless owns?(object)
+      dispatch_comment object unless owns?(object)
     else
       Rails.logger.debug("Saving object: #{object}")
       object.user_refs += 1
@@ -273,16 +273,18 @@ class User
       self.save
 
       groups = self.groups_with_person(object.person)
-      groups.each{ |group| group.posts << object
-                           group.save
+      groups.each{ |group| 
+        group.posts << object
+        group.save
+        object.socket_to_uid(id, :group_id => group.id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
       }
 
-      groups = groups_with_person(object.person)
-      object.socket_to_uid(id, :group_id => group.id) if (object.respond_to?(:socket_to_uid) && !self.owns?(object))
     end
+
   end
 
   ###Helpers############
+
   def self.instantiate( opts = {} )
     opts[:person][:email] = opts[:email]
     opts[:person][:serialized_key] = generate_key
diff --git a/db/seeds/dev.rb b/db/seeds/dev.rb
index f13e27f4c..0dfe3f96e 100644
--- a/db/seeds/dev.rb
+++ b/db/seeds/dev.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
-# This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
-# The data can then be loaded with the rake db:seed (or created alongside the db with db:setup).
-#
-# Examples:
-#
-#   cities = City.create([{ :name => 'Chicago' }, { :name => 'Copenhagen' }])
-#   Mayor.create(:name => 'Daley', :city => citie
-
 require 'config/environment'
 
+host = "localhost:3000"
+url = "http://#{host}/"
 # Create seed user
-user = User.create( :email => "robert@joindiaspora.com", 
-                    :password => "evankorth", 
+user = User.create!( :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                    :password => "evankorth",
                     :person => Person.new(
-                      :email => "robert@joindiaspora.com",
-                      :url => "http://localhost:3000/",
-                      :profile => Profile.new( 
-                        :first_name => "bobert", 
-                        :last_name => "brin" )))
+                      :email => "tom@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                      :url => url,
+                      :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "Alexander", :last_name => "Hamiltom" ))
+                  )
+user.person.save!
 
-puts user.save
-puts user.person.save!
-puts user.save!
-puts user.person.inspect
-puts user.inspect
+user2 = User.create!( :email => "korth@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                    :password => "evankorth",
+                    :person => Person.new( :email => "korth@tom.joindiaspora.com",
+                                          :url => url, 
+                                          :profile => Profile.new( :first_name => "Evan",
+                                                                  :last_name => "Korth")))
+
+user2.person.save!
+
+# friending users
+group = user.group(:name => "other dudes")
+request = user.send_friend_request_to(user2.receive_url, group.id)
+reversed_request = user2.accept_friend_request( request.id, user2.group(:name => "presidents").id )
+user.receive reversed_request.to_diaspora_xml
diff --git a/spec/models/group_spec.rb b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
index 15de4bdbe..dc0920a66 100644
--- a/spec/models/group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/group_spec.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ describe Group do
   
   describe 'querying' do
     before do
-      @group = @user.group(:name => 'losers', :people => [@friend])
+      @group = @user.group(:name => 'losers')
+      @user.activate_friend(@friend, @group)
+      @group2 = @user2.group(:name => 'failures')
+      friend_users(@user, @group, @user2, @group2)
+      @group.reload
     end
 
     it 'belong to a user' do
@@ -48,7 +52,16 @@ describe Group do
 
     it 'should have people' do
       @group.people.all.include?(@friend).should be true
-      @group.people.size.should == 1
+      @group.people.size.should == 2
+    end
+
+    it 'should be accessible through the user' do
+      groups = @user.groups_with_person(@friend)
+      groups.size.should == 1
+      groups.first.id.should == @group.id
+      groups.first.people.size.should == 2
+      groups.first.people.include?(@friend).should be true
+      groups.first.people.include?(@user2.person).should be true
     end
   end