What does it feel like to "miss" somebody?

[beeejay]

I missed someone once, then I fired again and got 'em right in the face.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I don't really get it, either.
Actually, I don't think I got it when I still felt things, either. Not sure I can understand it.
I mean, so they are not there. Big whoop. If I put some effort in, I can see them whenever the fuck I want.

Of course, this is different if corpses are involved. But if I even slightly care about anyone or anything, you can bet your ass I won't as soon as it stops functioning.
Waste of time and energy.

 

[tobi the good boy]

to miss someone is to know that deep dissapointment that you were aiming too far to the left

 

[C95J]

It's weird, you can't really describe emotions, you have to feel them for yourself.

 

[Dogstile]

Lacking empathy or connection to people kind of sucks dude.

You have no idea.

I've done this with every girlfriend i've ever had, sure i've replied i love you or i miss you, but i've never /felt/ it.

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

It's a longing for someone because of not being near them.

 

[PrimoThePro]

You want to talk to, or be near, someone, but can't. And then you feel annoyed, or sad, because you can't be near or talk to them.

I was about to say to OP that I felt the same way. But recently I felt exactly ^this^ very recently. So I guess I can no longer say that I don't know what it feels like to "miss" someone.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

To miss someone is to feel that, when you're away from them, you somehow aren't complete yourself. That they add something to you that you can't have by yourself. You think about that person constantly, and want nothing more than to be with them.

That is what truly missing somebody is. In my mind anyway.

 

[rokkolpo]

the NEED to be with someone right now because you want them to be around.

it has become quite overused in the whole drama dating setting.

have you never had someone you cared about die?
a pet or something?

 

[Caligulove]

Since you feel better around the person, while just feeling normal ordinarily- you want to be around them and feel better in times where that appeals to you. Sorry for your robotic characteristics that keep you from wanting apparently haha

 

[JoJo]

It's just the feeling that you want to be with them at that moment, that's it really.

 

[TheBoulder]

It's hard to explain emotions to someone who doesn't feel them. It's like trying to explain color to a creture without eyes. (Where did I hear that?)

I might be wrong, but I think Liara said that in Mass Effect. Or quoted someone.
OT: Wow, just, wow. I understand not everyone is the same, but it's pretty basic human emotion.

 

[fullbleed]

I've been pondering this, when dating someone over and over again. They keep telling me "I miss you" and things along those lines. Through text, phone call, and even in person they tell me they miss me. The only proper response is "I miss you too", though, and there's a problem there. I don't MISS anyone. I don't really understand the point of this "emotion", or what it even feels like. I feel normal with a person, and without. Just better when the person is around.

Can anybody explain to me what "missing" somebody feels like? Because usually when I use a word, I have a feeling I should use it. Definitely not the case with the words "missing you". I also want to know if this has anything to do with us Russians having hearts as cold as the beets we harvest?

Ask me in 4 weeks time when all of my friends will have left for uni.

PS nice avatar.

 

[Slight]

I think this sums up what it's like to *truly* miss someone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbOcSqfGJk

 

[Home-Skillet]

The only think I've ever missed is my dog,
but it's pretty much just feels like a lesser form of anxiety/

 

[Spygon]

Missing is you feel a empty feeling inside you when there not around.You are always thinking of them and you see some they would like or would have a personal meaning so you go to show them even thou they are not there

 

[SimuLord]

If you don't miss someone when they're gone, you might want to take a very long look at just how much you care about having that person in your life.

When I'm dating someone, even when I'm off in my own world doing my own thing, I think from time to time about the next time I'm going to see her. Wonder what she's up to, if she's happy, if she's thinking about me. It's not obsessive; I do have a life of my own. But after a few hours or a few days away from someone (depending on the circumstances), it's the time I spent missing her that puts that extra little hop in my step when I do get to see her again.

That's as good as I can do explaining abstract concepts with words, but I presume you get the idea?

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I'm missing someone right now. It means you feel pain when you think about them, you have a craving to talk to them. And soon as you do, you feel a sense of amazing happiness.

[sub]miss you jim...[/sub]