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Do you often reminisce about all the wonderful moments spent with your ex and feel like getting back together with them? In this post, we bring you some heart-touching and emotional quotes to make your ex miss you.
If you are still pining for them, you can text them these quotes to convey how much you miss them because a single text can reveal how much their presence is missed, and things could even turn out in your favor. So, let go of your ego and grudges and share your thoughts and emotions with your ex. Read this post for some interesting missing-your-ex quotes, texts, sayings, and captions that you could text or post on social media.
100+ Missing Your Ex Quotes, Texts, Captions, and Sayings
Missing Ex Quotes
Many times, when we long for someone, we want to quote some important lines about breakups and love to express our aching. Pick one of these to show how much you miss your ex.
- “I remember his eyes. They are just like mine. Every time I look in the mirror I see him. I try not to look at myself too much.” – Ida Lokas
- “I miss holding your hands and talking to great lengths.”
- “I miss you more than the sun misses the sky at night.” – Taylor Swift
- “I thought I was over you, but my heart still aches for your presence. My heart still burns for you.”
- “It hurts when one day you wake up and you know you are missing someone from your past but they are not there for you anymore.” – Norma Marthalia
- “You have engraved an indelible mark on my heart and in everything I do, I see a reflection of you.”
- “I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you`re single among a room full of couples.” – Emily Giffin
- “Your absence still haunts me like a lingering memory that refuses to fade away.”
- “I keep busy the whole day because I know, every time I pause, I will be tortured in the reminiscence of our memories.”
- “The nostalgia is heavy today. Your name is on my lips, our memories in the brain, the life you gave me is in my heart and your presence will always be in my soul. I miss you and I still love you.”
- “Even though you left me and decided to walk away, the sharp pangs in my heart lets me know it still misses you.”
- “I miss our talks, I miss our laughs, I miss us spending time together, but in the end, I only miss you.”
- “I miss everything about you. I can’t believe that I still want you. After all the things we’ve been through. I miss everything about you.” – Colbie Caillat
- “Even the most colorful garden appears like a graveyard without you.” – Saravana Kumar Murugan
- “Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse De Lamartine
- “I felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn’t need to run to the mirror to know they were gone.” – James Dashner
- “But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.” – Lemony Snicket
- “Your absence has gone through me like a thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.” – W.S. Merwin
- “My heart won’t let you go, and I need you to know, I miss you.” – Miley Cyrus
- “Why don’t I forget the past? Because those memories and I haven’t changed when everything else is changed including you.” – Abhinav Sakalle
Point to consider- “I’m still missing you. Well, I guess that I have, I guess that I have never really had you.” – Tegan Quin
- “I thought I still loved you, but then I realized I just love the memories of who you used to be.” – Morgan Hanthorn
- “If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.” – Claudia Adrienne Grandi
- “It’s crazy how you can go months or years without talking to someone, but they still cross your mind everyday.”
- “Sometimes a woman will look back on what she had, not because she wants to go there but to motivate her to do better.” – Reuben “Mulah Truth” Holmes II
- “They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don’t think it’s possible for you to miss me as much as I’m missing you right now.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay
- “When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum….” – Amy Lowell
- “You shouldn’t miss someone who don’t miss you, right?” – Alex Flinn
- “What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.” – Richard Wilbur
- “The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.” – Sarah Dessen
- “I still miss my ex, but my aim is improving.” – Woody Woodbury
- “Can we go back to using Facebook for what it was originally for – looking up exes to see how fat they got?” – Bill Maher
- “So for now, I will miss you like I’ll never see you again, And the next time I see you, I will kiss you like I’ll never kiss you again, And when I fall asleep beside you I will fall asleep as if I’ll never wake up again, because I don’t know if I will.” – Xingu Fawcett
- “The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “The sleepless nights, the daily fights, the quick toboggan when you reach the heights – I miss the kisses and I miss the bites, I wish I were in love again.” – Lorenz Hart
- “Her heart had grown so familiar to the pain of life without him that to respond now seemed too large a pleasure she could not endure. If pain was love, then she loved fiercely. Yet knew she could not be near that boy again.” – Jamie Weise
- “You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you’ll still feel them embossed on you when you pull away. Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.” – Rainbow Rowell
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- “When you miss someone….it’s weird…your body doesn’t function normally..as it should. Because I miss you, and my heart…it’s not steady…my soul it sings numb. Fingers are cold…like you…your soul.” – Jamie Weise
- “It’s probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he’s absolutely lethal.” – Charlaine Harris
- “And if ever I speak of you, I use the English language to describe who you were to me. You are nameless, because those letters grouped together in that familiar form… carries too much meaning for my capricious heart.” – Jamie Weise
- “I just hope that you miss me a little when I’m gone.” – Drake
- “Some people don’t realize what they have until it’s gone, but that does not always mean they are supposed to get it back.” – Stephan Labossiere
- “If you cannot hold me in your arms, then hold my memory in high regard. And if I cannot be in your life, then at least let me live in your heart.” – Ranata Suzuki
- “Our plans for the future made us laugh and feel close, but those same plans somehow made anything more than temporary between us seem impossible. It was the first time I’d ever had the feeling of missing someone I was still with.” – Stuart Dybek
- “I wanna get back to the old days when the phone would ring and I knew it was you, I wanna talk back and get yelled at fight for nothing like we used to, oh kiss me like you mean it like you miss me cuz I know you do I wanna get back, get back I wanna get back, get back I wanna get back, get back get back.” – Demi Lovato
- “Difficult times have passed painfully, but your memories still make me want to cry. I miss you.”
- “It’s a mistake to love you, I admit it. It’s a disaster to miss you, I deserve it. But when it’s the reason to leave you, I hate it, cause no matter how strong the reason is; nobody deserves the long farewell.” – Robi Aulia Abdi
- “I had someone once who made every day mean something. And now…. I am lost…. And nothing means anything anymore.” – Ranata Suzuki
- “Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds its way back to you.” – Ranata Suzuki
- “Growth in love comes from a place of absence, where the imagination is left to its own devices and creates you to be much more than reality would ever allow.” – Jamie Weise
- “The current girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, or husband is often an utterly unsuccessful attempt to stop missing or loving the previous one.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “Don’t say you miss me when it’s your fault I’m gone!” – Candy Lyn
- “He will be sorry for the way he treated you, Don’t you worry about that. Focus on your growth and watch his eyes gaze in sorrow as he knows he was the bastard that made you strong.” – Nikki Rowe
- “When your ex says ‘I miss you,’ that means the person they tried to replace you with has failed.”
- “There’s not a day that goes by, without me thinking of you, dying, in someone else’s arms.” – Anthony Liccione
- “I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
- “You know how it is with ex-lovers—you like to look as if you’re doing okay. Just ordinary pride, not at all a desire to shove down their throats what they’re missing…” – Harper Fox
- “There will be times when it seems that it would be best to just call him and see how he’s doing. Don’t deceive yourself, you don’t care about how he’s doing, you’re just craving him, don’t do it. You’ll only hurt yourself.” – Osayi Osar-Emokpae
- “I wore your promise on my finger for one year
I’ll wear your name on my heart til I die
Because you were my boy, you were my only boy forever.” – Coco J. Ginger
- “And I don’t even like you, but the pain of life without you is biting.” – Jamie Weise
Captions To Make Your Ex Miss You
Captions on any social media platform are a great way to communicate your affections indirectly.
- “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
- I yearn to go back to the one I love!
- I still cannot understand why things did not work out between you and me. I think this love of ours is surreal.
Point to consider- I believed in fairy tale endings until I lost you; the enchantment of a happily ever after crumbled before my eyes.
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- We started as strangers, and we are back on the same page. What happened between us stays between us. Still, I look forward to getting back to the same life.
- Letting you go was tough, but keeping you alive in my memories is getting tougher with each passing day. It is getting lonely without you.
- RIP to all the feelings and moments that I ever had with you. Can we make new memories?
- A relationship ends but the memories never fade away. I wish to revisit those moments.
- Just came across an old playlist we used to listen to together. Nostalgia hit hard.
- You were the right person for me. Unfortunately, I realized it late.
- Thanks for giving me such beautiful memories.
- Here’s me missing the smiles, the love, and the laughter we shared.
Messages To Make Your Ex Miss You
A simple message can solve misunderstandings. If you still hanker for closure or craving for a reunion with your ex, do not hold back your feelings, instead draft the right message and send it to them.
- After our breakup, I might have stopped loving you, but I can’t stop missing you.
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- I passed the difficult times painfully, but still, all your memories make me cry. I miss you, love.
- Can I be your pillow again for all the nights to come? Because I want to feel and hug you again.
- It was Cupid who made us fall for each other. I wish he would shoot the arrow again.
- You were my past, but I still see my future with you. I want this relationship to work, I don’t ever want to lose you again. Let me be devoted to you once more.
- I know I still love you as you come to my mind every second of the day.
- Love, rescue me from my deathbed because our breakup sucked the life out of me when you left me.
- The flames from our breakup have burned me up, and I have been left to languish in this pain. It is the hope of you coming back that pacifies my soul.
- Loving you was oh-so-easy, leaving you was oh-so-difficult. But, now, missing you and not having you here is piercing my heart more than ever before. I miss you, my love.
- My tears have dried out, but my love for you is still as naïve as it was before.
- Wish you were here to share this beautiful sunset with me.
Quick tipThings To Text Your Ex To Make Her Miss You
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If you are thinking of sending an ‘I miss you’ message to your ex-girlfriend, then don’t delay it anymore. Choose a suitable set of words to let her know you still adore her and make her miss you.
- I deleted all your messages and blocked you everywhere, but my heart still pines for you. I miss you so much, please come back to me.
- I am texting you to remind you that your ex-boyfriend is still madly in love with you and is desperately waiting to have a glimpse of you again. Come back to me, my love, I so miss you.
- I thought I was a strong man, but after you left, I feel weak. Your love for me is my strength. I miss you a lot.
- The only way through which you can feel my pain is by putting your hands on my heart. I repent for my past actions. I hope you forgive me.
- You left a strong man alone, fragile and incomplete. I will never forget you because in my memories, you will always be there. I hope you come back to me soon. I miss you.
- The silence between us is killing me and giving me even more reasons to miss you. Please, come back to me.
- Today, all the tiny promises that I made to be with you brought tears to my eyes. I want to fulfil those promises.
- Everything I do reminds me of you. From the first thought in the morning to my last one before I sleep, it is just you. My ardor for you never faded. I wish we are together again, because baby, I still love you.
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- I know you are no longer my girlfriend, but all I want to say is that I still miss you. Just give me one more chance to prove it.
- It is human nature to make mistakes. But, I know, we all deserve second chances too. I really regret letting you go, and I miss you like crazy.
Things To Text Your Ex To Make Him Miss You
Tell your partner about the emptiness you feel without his presence through these messages and make him feel loved.
- From the day we met till the day you left, everything is in front of my eyes right now. Let’s get back together, my man, and relive those beautiful moments.
- You are the best man that I have ever met and our relationship was a journey where we enjoyed every bit of it. Since you left, I have been wondering if we can get back to the track and reach the destination?
- Though we live in different places and our needs and wants are different, nothing can erase you from my heart. Come back to me, I miss you.
- Baby, I still look at our photos and realize that I have been so happy with you. I miss seeing the sunsets with you. Please come back to me because I still love you.
- The more I try not to think about you, the more I feel how much I love this man.
- Honey, I realized that our relationship is worth one more chance. I still love you, my man, and the way you left me has left me in pieces. Come back to me.
- There is a hole in my heart where you used to be, come back and make me complete like before.
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- How do you expect me to move on when I never wanted to leave in the first place? You are the man of my dreams and will always be. Let’s be together.
- I am sick of this denial; I cannot lie to myself anymore. I cannot live without you. You are the man of my life, and I still love you, and I miss you every second.
- I know our relationship ended in a mess but I know we can still solve it and become stronger than ever. I miss you, my love.
- When I think about you, it is the happiness that comes to mind and not the pain. You are all worth the effort, you are the man I always wanted to have. Come back to me, my love.
- I don’t miss just you, I miss the time we spent together. I wish that you would want to come back to me.
- The memories of the moments we spent together never fail to make me smile. Please find it in your heart to give us another shot.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I make my ex miss me badly?
If you are wondering how to make your ex miss you, then the first step is cut off ties with them and focus on self-improvement. Eat healthy and exercise regularly to look and feel your best. Enroll in some new activities, learn a new skill, and share your experience on social media. When your ex notices how different and cheerful you appear, it will likely pinch him, and he may even begin missing your presence.
2. What are the best ways to express that I miss my ex without overwhelming them?
Expressing your feelings to your ex requires balance, subtlety, and sensitivity to ensure they do not feel overwhelmed or uncomfortable. Remember to give them space to heal and respect their boundaries. Try to be casual and lighthearted and ask about their well-being. You can start the conversation with funny messages, alluding to positive memories and shared interests and experiences. Most importantly, be genuine and brief and avoid putting pressure on them to reciprocate your feelings. Don’t spam their social media or messages with requests for a conversation.
3. What can I post to make my ex miss me?
If you’ve recently started working out, you can share photos or videos of your new workout sessions. If you’ve been on vacation, share joyful images from your trip. Update your appearance, and post a picture showcasing your new look. Remember that happiness and confidence draw a lot of attention. So, if you post cheerful and confident photographs, your ex might be intrigued and yearn for you. Do not forget to add creative and interesting Instagram captions to make your ex jealous and miss you more.
4. Should I text my ex if I miss them?
Texting your ex after parting ways could be a tough personal choice. It is natural to miss them because you must have had a great time with them and undoubtedly yearn to return to that zone. If you parted ways on a friendly note, you can text them to express your feelings with a lovable quote or message. However, if the relationship ended sourly or if your ex has stated that they do not want you to contact them, then refrain from texting them.
After parting ways with your ex, you may discover certain things about them, want them back in your life, and start missing them badly. If you want them to feel the same way, you may check out these quotes to make your ex miss you and rekindle the spark in your relationship. These quotes can be used as breakup captions in your Instagram posts to convey how much you value their presence and how your life is still incomplete without them. So, take cues from these quotes to send a heart-touching text.
One heartening message could dissolve your conflicts and differences and help bring your ex back into your life. However, respect their boundaries so you don’t make them feel awkward or uncomfortable while expressing your feelings. Try to be subtle yet honest and give your ex space to process their emotions and reach out to you if they want.
Infographic: Messages To Make Your Ex Miss You
If you want your ex to get back, you may express your feelings by sharing a touching message. Read some text suggestions in this infographic that will bring back memories of the old days, making them miss you. Illustration: Momjunction Design Team
Key Pointers
- Reminiscing about a past relationship is normal, and heartfelt quotes can convey your longing for your ex.
- Quotes highlight how someone’s absence can create emptiness, reflecting the deep connections formed in the relationship.
- Consider the nature of the breakup before contacting an ex. Friendly separations allow for communication, while contentious ones may not.
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