diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index df354b726486ecd32dff1d35862a709c9ed9e64a..26b76f21b001b6ad9fb59b255d9f406397f2ed60 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   end
   
   def set_friends
-    @friends = Person.friends.all
+    @friends = Person.friends.all if current_user
   end
 
   def count_requests
-    @request_count = Request.for_user(current_user).size
+    @request_count = Request.for_user(current_user).size if current_user
   end
   
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index 0f8f5c88b68e2a2af6b1f065f0c22f75eecc8676..4bafd6d54f140b64212a6289f0864e8d81a5c389 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def destroy
-    @request = Request.where(:id => params[:id]).first
-    @request.destroy
-    flash[:notice] = "Successfully destroyed person request."
+    if params[:accept]
+      current_user.accept_friend_request params[:id]
+      flash[:notice] = "you are now friends with #{@request.person.real_name}"
+    else
+      current_user.ignore_friend_request params[:id]
+      flash[:notice] = "ignored friend request"
+    end
     redirect_to requests_url
+
   end
   
   def new
@@ -27,4 +32,6 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
       render :action => 'new'
     end
   end
+
+
 end
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 624f9f85a290fa579b522bfc9178f28e87c5b1b1..082bf80a2fe94ac87525539f11b9ee8eaea82593 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class Person
   xml_accessor :email
   xml_accessor :url
   xml_accessor :profile, :as => Profile
-
+  xml_accessor :_id
+  
   key :email, String
   key :url, String
   key :active, Boolean, :default => false
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 43f48b70d8379b5899273fb64389d4b67c560d79..7e29f84c0b6589c515c0e0104e0211454f6f45d9 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class User < Person
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
          
   
-  before_create :assign_key
+  #before_create :assign_key
   validates_presence_of :profile
   
   before_validation :do_bad_things
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ class User < Person
       friend_request.activate_friend
       friend_request.destroy
     else
-      #does this actually save as the same id?
       friend_request.save
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml b/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
index 76b6e4ac45b7153bc03089651a1770828d2ca52a..84284151af5c92bcda891961d2c9c2dcff344c39 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_request.html.haml
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
   = "#{request.destination_url}"
 
   .destroy_link
+    = link_to 'Accept', request_path(request, :accept => true), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete 
+    |
     = link_to 'Ignore', request_path(request), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
diff --git a/app/views/requests/index.html.haml b/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
index 6a7b8df9485acc7f939056c77f5195180ea1438d..f5f82f5cc01a6fd7bcc0da82fad24017c435abac 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/index.html.haml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 %h3= "currently #{@request_count} requests"
 
 %ul#stream
-- for request in @remote_requests
-  = render "request", :request => request
+  - for request in @remote_requests
+    = render "request", :request => request
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/dashboards_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/dashboards_controller_spec.rb
index 34186d8df66cf31c4a1a9b2c1dd05c0c2a25fe5f..6b48d9a638d81a6aeba20c5b89d93ac1e9cc55a2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/dashboards_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/dashboards_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,18 +5,14 @@ describe DashboardsController do
   
   before do
     request.env['warden'] = mock_model(Warden, :authenticate? => @user, :authenticate! => @user)
-    Factory.create(:user, :profile => Profile.create( :first_name => "bob", :last_name => "smith"))
+    @user = Factory.create(:user, :profile => Profile.create( :first_name => "bob", :last_name => "smith"))
   end
-  
-  it "index action should render index template" do
-    get :index
-    response.should render_template(:index)
-  end
-  
-  it "on index sets a person's variable" do
+
+  it "on index sets a variable containing all a user's friends when a user is signed in" do
+    sign_in :user, @user   
     Factory.create :person
     get :index
-    assigns[:people].should == Person.friends.all
+    assigns[:friends].should == Person.friends.all
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
index f3eafdb2a10c53d24c405c4d357a5cf54b9584e3..f73945c506d95cc03b332e7dd5dc5480668e2aec 100644
--- a/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/parser_spec.rb
@@ -112,14 +112,18 @@ describe "parser in application helper" do
     
     it "should create a new person upon getting a person request" do
       request = Request.instantiate(:to =>"http://www.google.com/", :from => @person)
-
+      
+      original_person_id = @person.id
       xml = Request.build_xml_for [request]
 
       @person.destroy
       Person.friends.all.count.should be 0
       store_objects_from_xml(xml)
       Person.friends.all.count.should be 1
+
+      Person.friends.first.id.should ==  original_person_id
     end
+    
 
     it "should activate the Person if I initiated a request to that url" do 
       request = Request.instantiate(:to => @person.url, :from => @user).save
diff --git a/spec/models/request_spec.rb b/spec/models/request_spec.rb
index 9669ff38c4d65708ea66d35df15afa2de83fa7fb..f3357fc739ad0211f47adecf6ddd1d7e5709d62b 100644
--- a/spec/models/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/request_spec.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ describe Request do
 
     xml = request.to_xml.to_s
 
-    puts xml
-    puts user.profile.first_name
-    puts user.profile.last_name
-
     xml.include?(user.email).should be true
     xml.include?(user.url).should be true
     xml.include?(user.profile.first_name).should be true
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 120b68c1edc9c62ec3b33b158a42deccc9c9deb6..0979db2bbd23c38e93ff6ecef2c29f5445eed7e8 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ describe User do
   it "should be able to accept a pending friend request" do
     @user = Factory.create(:user)
     @friend = Factory.create(:person)
-    
     r = Request.instantiate(:to => @user.url, :from => @friend)
     r.save
-
     Person.all.count.should == 2
     Request.for_user(@user).all.count.should == 1
-    
     @user.accept_friend_request(r.id)
-
     Request.for_user(@user).all.count.should == 0
     Person.where(:id => @friend.id).first.active.should == true
   end
+
+
+  
+
+
+
+
 end