diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 7d29fd7df..fe03e20fc 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ class User
   many :visible_people, :in => :visible_person_ids, :class_name => 'Person' # One of these needs to go
   many :pending_requests, :in => :pending_request_ids, :class_name => 'Request'
   many :raw_visible_posts, :in => :visible_post_ids, :class_name => 'Post'
-  many :aspects, :class_name => 'Aspect'
+  many :aspects, :class_name => 'Aspect', :dependent => :destroy
 
   after_create :seed_aspects
 
-  before_destroy :unfriend_everyone, :remove_person
+  before_destroy :unfriend_everyone, :remove_person, :remove_all_aspects
 
   def strip_username
     if username.present?
@@ -400,4 +400,8 @@ class User
       end
     }
   end
+  
+  def remove_all_aspects
+    aspects.destroy_all
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 5296fbeaf..61e37b3aa 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ describe User do
 
 
     it 'should remove all aspects' do
-      pending "this should use :dependant => :destroy on the many assoc...but that screws this test suite..."
       aspects = user.aspects
+      aspects.count.should > 0
       user.destroy
-      proc { aspects.reload }.should raise_error /does not exist/
-
+      aspects.reload
+      aspects.count.should == 0
     end