diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index fed5f0aaea4d9592e27db91dfac9a4aa01b4e881..016037ee1b268e5dc2d4f4b1717b2330cc32283d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @aspect = current_user.aspect_by_id params[:id]
-    @friends_dropdown_array = current_user.friends.all(:person_id.nin => @aspect.person_ids )
+    @friends_not_in_aspect = current_user.friends.all(:person_id.nin => @aspect.person_ids )
     unless @aspect
       render :file => "#{Rails.root}/public/404.html", :layout => false, :status => 404
     else
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml b/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
index d973284b4a448df517381138267ca8c6d0208c5c..c67bc61b94920212efdb691015f01916ca4b3954 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
       =t('.add_a_new_friend_to')
       %i= aspect.name
 
-  = form_tag '/aspects/add_to_aspect', :id => 'add_to_aspect' do
-    = select_tag :friend_id, options_from_collection_for_select(@friends_dropdown_array, "id", "real_name"), :include_blank => true
-    = hidden_field_tag :aspect_id, aspect.id
-    = submit_tag "add to #{@aspect.name}"
+  - if @friends_not_in_aspect
+    = render('shared/add_friend_dropdown', :aspect => @aspect, :friends => @friends_not_in_aspect)
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_add_friend_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_add_friend_dropdown.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee39fc6ad5bb2656ab5f7e3a3a55a929af2aa2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/shared/_add_friend_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+= form_tag '/aspects/add_to_aspect', :id => 'add_to_aspect' do
+  = select_tag :friend_id, options_from_collection_for_select(friends, "id", "real_name"), :include_blank => true
+  = hidden_field_tag :aspect_id, aspect.id
+  = submit_tag "add to #{aspect.name}"