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 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.

https://m.primal.net/LBGC.jpg 
 
 Love is the only revolution… always has been, always will be. 
 So cool Lyn! Thanks for sharing! 💜 
 A great team! ✨ 
 This is where we posted it on Twitter three years ago:
https://x.com/LynAldenContact/status/1447158688255549442 
 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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 Life is beautiful! 
 i love love.  😍 
 A grade soap opera content 


nostr:nevent1qqszz0q6vyh82mxt23z6k54amzr3tu7ftl38mr8tnuznldw2hr2mtdspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg82krn4d5etsz7dge8nmpztspqrqvr45yl2hs6enfmzexk84wglfupsgqqqqqqslx8end 
 Badass couple 
 Sweet 
 Thank you, both of you! You make the world a better place 🙂

Also, come to Tokyo someday! We have good conferences, great food, and amazing Bitcoiners 😊  
 Congrats to you both happiness :) 
 There's a very heart warming glow captured in that photo, if it is real then that's fantastic, but if it's not.  Then what?

Don't trust verify, that's hard to come buy, the only way to do this online is by Bitcoin.

Peace ❤  
 A sufficiently obsessed person could ask Peter, Preston, Natalie, or Christian about whether they met him in person at dinners and such. 
 I don't doubt what you are saying at all.  I am very impressed by everything that I have seen you say.

My point is more about what you said in reply.

In the digital world cannot verify much at all, I would have to meet you both, which would be great I am sure.  The only other verification of a real exchange of pure human empathy online is Bitcoin.

Apologies if you thought I was being in anyway disingenuous.  I was honestly, making a wider point.  A hard one to reconcile too.

Peace ❤  
 https://media.tenor.com/Bc9kVLdDcHgAAAAC/bart-simpson.gif 
 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. 
 I always love the little glimpses of international Lynn.  The broadness of the world is what excites me most about the borderlessness of the bitcoin network. 
 Happy life 
 Amazing Lyn! Thanks for sharing this side of you with us ❤️ 

Life is beautiful and so are you guys! 
 Lovely couple. You both look happy 
 Wen babies?🤣 
 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.

https://m.primal.net/LBHm.jpg  
 “He has nothing to prove in pictures because he proves it in person instead” 
🔥🔥🔥🔥

this is beautiful 🥹🧡 
 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.  
 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. 
 Fair enough. The Simp-Chad photo. Like half n half cream. 
 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. 
 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. 
 Hey @LynAlden  are you revealing a subtle feeling of insecurity here maybe? 
 Well I’m always insecure. But my point here is to show his frame is secure. 
 Keep breaking the frame on Nostr. 🫂 
 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 
 rotate the pic 
 Two of the great blessings in life are partnership and purpose. Keep up the good work. 
 Thanks both of you! You make the world a better place . 
 Beautiful people. 
 Mohamed is a lucky man 🖤 
 he looks kind, and strong. 💪 
 How did you guys meet? 
 Lovely! 
 The vibe on nostr is different.  ❤️   
 great! 
 This is my very first zap, Not exactly sure what it is, but thanks 
 This makes me smile. 
 🧡💜 
 Lynadriel Aldelorian  
 🫶🫶🫶 
 You guys are adorable 🧡  
 💜👏 
 🧡 
 This is so cute 😭❤️ 
 You’re a very lucky person @LynAlden  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 
 so sweet! love this! ❤️ 
 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! 

https://m.primal.net/LBLG.png  
 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. 
 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! 😮 
😉 
 😊🥰 
 nostr upgraded to tabloid 😂 

💜 
 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… 
 #ProofOfEar 
 I missed that #ProofOfEar!

#fomo 
 Other ear reveal at btc 100k USD dollars! 
 Very cute 🥰 
 Wonderful! Thank you Lyn! You inspire all of us!! (Or as I well imagine!!). 
 Lovely 🤩 
 Lovely! 💜
Thank for sharing with us! 
 Lyn deliberately positioned on the left to keep the ear hidden 😂 
 Thanks for sharing, @LynAlden 
 looking good 
 ...luck guy.... 8) 
 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! 
 🤫 
 Thank you for sharing Mohamed with us. I too only have one pic of me online and one of my husband, Greg. Separate pics. :) 
 Happy for you both. 
 Green lines on this don't look good 
 Grow old together 🧡🙏💜 
 Happy Humble Humans 🙌🏼 You love to see it.  
 Great picture of you both. So appreciate your insights. 
 love it 
 Beautiful picture!! 💜  
 Jelly 
 you do look really happy in this pic Lyn , not a coincidence for sure 💜