There's only one picture of my husband and I online in any English-language context, and it's not labeled as such but rather is buried in a Twitter thread and just kind of put in there as one of many photos, on purpose as an easter egg.
We like privacy, so we don't post many pictures.
But since I already showed my left ear on Nostr (likely for the first time ever in a public picture, funnily enough), I might as well give Nostr the exclusive to my husband as well. It's technically not new, which is why I can show it, but rather I can just be more specific about it. It's a picture of us from back in 2021 at Sahl Hasheesh in Egypt that we've had quietly online for three years. As readers of Broken Money know, his name is Mohamed Badran.
Mohamed is the editor of all of my long-form content, deals with the technical backend of the website, and inspires me to be better as a person every day.
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My trollish side wants to draw those funny lines of who is standing straight vs who is leaning in, since it favors me there.
But the funny thing is that he's like the most masculine and dominant person around, to such extent that he's super chill while doing so. He has a scar from a machete cut on his forearm. His extended family and friend group gravitates around him as their patriarch. He leans in here because pictures mean nothing to him. He has nothing to prove in pictures because he proves it in person instead. He leans because he knows leaning means nothing. That which is strong is flexible. The Laozi of leaning.
Two of the great blessings in life are partnership and purpose. Keep up the good work.
“He has nothing to prove in pictures because he proves it in person instead”
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this is beautiful 🥹🧡
Thanks both of you! You make the world a better place .
He kind of looks like he is dominating the picture set-up. It looks like he is holding the camera and framing it. And he centered himself. He is proud of the whole picture: the person in the picture he is next to all the way to the background view.
Beautiful people.
Mohamed is a lucky man 🖤
he looks kind, and strong. 💪
How did you guys meet?
The chad photo style. But I’d add that I was the one that wanted this background. This shot ad we came back from the beach. The twilight desert.
confident people who really & truly adore the ones beside them often lean in to be even closer to…the ones they truly & dearly love!
plus, that’s just what normal, mentally healthy people often do in photos with their family.
Fair enough. The Simp-Chad photo. Like half n half cream.
In retrospect, it was. I believe in the exchange of pure human empathy. I was commenting on a wider digital experience. Not on anything else.
great!
This makes me smile.
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Very nice… Been in Marsa Alam (Alaya) last year and I do want to come back! Just a bit windy, otherwise wonderful.
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You guys are adorable 🧡
Amazing! But we need to see his right ear to complete this.
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@Lyn Alden are you revealing a subtle feeling of insecurity here maybe?
This is so cute 😭❤️
You’re a very lucky person
@Lyn Alden and so is Mohamed. Yours must be a fascinating story.
Good lookin couple 😍 Happy for you and happy for Love ❤️ 🫂
👏🎉 thank you for making Nostr more personal
God bless you both 🙏🏼🥰 lovely couple
Nice ❤️💕
Beautiful. 🫂
I stumbled on a left ear reveal on one of your website articles... unless this is a mirrored image.🤔 I guess we'll never know for sure!
beautiful couple! Happy for you both.
Great picture! Thanks for sharing this tender side of you.
Yes what a lovely photo. You are an inspiration
The other half. Nice. Such a great moment in life when you realise you’ve found the person you’re going to have a crack at it all with 🙏🏻
You have a left ear? Shocking! 😮
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nostr upgraded to tabloid 😂
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Please don’t judge, but for years I’ve wanted to ‘gossip’ or meme or whatever about your perpetually, incessantly “hidden ear”.
I never did because it felt wrong, and careless, and I respect the hell out of you.
I’m just posting this now to communicate, as someone you know nothing about, that I actually really appreciate right now that you’ve shared your ear Lyn.
Thank you. I don’t say that often.
K. Now back to the collapse of everything we’ve ever known…
I can confirm it since I took it. My hair part didn’t change. That ear is actually my right ear. The hidden left ear is a Nostr exclusive, by accident.
Very cute 🥰
#ProofOfEar
Wonderful! Thank you Lyn! You inspire all of us!! (Or as I well imagine!!).
I missed that #ProofOfEar!
#fomo
Lovely 🤩
Well I’m always insecure. But my point here is to show his frame is secure.
Lovely! 💜
Thank for sharing with us!
Lyn deliberately positioned on the left to keep the ear hidden 😂
Thanks for sharing,
@Lyn Aldenlooking good
...luck guy.... 8)
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Agreed, to be honest this is the first I’ve heard about the psychology of couple pics.
I’m not going to bother reading more about it, it doesn’t sound particularly interesting to me. Both people look very happy and that’s cool.
Thank you for sharing this, Lynn. We don’t know each other, but it’s obvious to me that you are both beautiful people, and it’s so nice see you both happy. 🧡
Thank you for sharing 💜
Send you two love from the a Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️❤️❤️
Respect 🙏
Lovely - Be happy while serving the world!
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Thank you for sharing Mohamed with us. I too only have one pic of me online and one of my husband, Greg. Separate pics. :)
Yes, his secure frame is visible in the photo and you kind of being protected under his wing. Very humble and sweet.
Thanks for sharing such personal insight and for admitting your insecurity, I wish I had had the same courage with my insecurities when I was younger.
Love
Happy for you both.
what a happy and lovely couple!
Grow old together 🧡🙏💜
Happy Humble Humans 🙌🏼 You love to see it.
Great picture of you both. So appreciate your insights.
Beautiful picture!! 💜
This is my very first zap, Not exactly sure what it is, but thanks
Jelly
Other ear reveal at btc 100k USD dollars!
