diff --git a/app/models/journals_for_message.rb b/app/models/journals_for_message.rb
index e83018be6..550197889 100644
--- a/app/models/journals_for_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/journals_for_message.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ class JournalsForMessage < ActiveRecord::Base
   after_destroy :reset_counters!
 
   # default_scope { where('m_parent_id IS NULL') }
+
+  def remove_by_user? user
+    if(  self.user == user || 
+       ( self.jour.kind_of?(User) && self.jour== user )
+      )
+      true
+    else
+      false
+    end
+  end
   
   def self.delete_message(message_id)
     self.find(message_id).destroy