diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index db15835f2..428bb58c7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
     @aspect = :search
 
     @people = Person.search(params[:q]).paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 25, :order => 'created_at DESC'
+    @requests = Request.all(:to_id.in => @people.map{|p| p.id})
     
     #only do it if it is an email address
     if params[:q].try(:match, Devise.email_regexp)
diff --git a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
index 4f6bfaef6..0c61f4bf6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sockets_helper.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ module SocketsHelper
         }
         v = render_to_string(:partial => 'shared/stream_element', :locals => post_hash)
       elsif object.is_a? Person
-        v = render_to_string(:partial => type_partial(object), :locals => {:single_aspect_form => opts[:single_aspect_form], :person => object, :aspects => user.aspects, :current_user => user})
+        person_hash = {
+          :single_aspect_form => opts[:single_aspect_form], 
+          :person => object,
+          :aspects => user.aspects,
+          :contact => user.contact_for(object),
+          :request => user.request_for(object), 
+          :current_user => user}
+        v = render_to_string(:partial => 'people/person', :locals => person_hash)
       elsif object.is_a? Comment
         v = render_to_string(:partial => 'comments/comment', :locals => {:hash => {:comment => object, :person => object.person}})
       else
diff --git a/app/views/people/_person.html.haml b/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
index 936eaf2d9..87bcdf756 100644
--- a/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/_person.html.haml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 
   .content
     %span.from
-      = link_to person.real_name, person_path(person)
+      =person_link(person)
 
       .right{:style=>"display:inline;"}
-        - if person.id == current_user.person.id
+        - if person.owner_id == current_user.id
           = t('.thats_you')
-        - elsif current_user.person_objects.include?(person)
+        - elsif contact
           = t('.already_connected')
-        - elsif current_user.request_for(person)
+        - elsif request
           = link_to t('.pending_request'), aspects_manage_path
         - else
           - single_aspect_form ||= nil
diff --git a/app/views/people/index.html.haml b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
index a61655391..98f43fe40 100644
--- a/app/views/people/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/index.html.haml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
   %ul{:class => 'stream people', :id => 'people_stream'}
     - for person in @people
-      = render 'people/person', :person => person, :aspects => @aspects
+      = render 'people/person',
+        :person => person,
+        :aspects => @aspects,
+        :contact => @contacts.detect{|contact| contact.person_id == person.id},
+        :request => @requests.detect{|request| request.to_id == person.id}
 
   = will_paginate @people