Miss You Messages: 60+ Ways to Say It Properly

“Miss you” is two words that most people send and then wish they had said better. Here are 60+ original messages for a partner, a friend, family, and anyone you have not seen for too long.

Send yours in a free love ecard or friendship ecard, depending who it is for.

Quick miss you messages

1. Missing you today. Nothing else to report.
2. Just realised how long it has been. Miss you.
3. Thinking about you and missing you.
4. Miss you. That is the entire message.
5. Wish you were here for this.
6. Missing you more than usual today.
7. Been thinking about you all week.
8. Miss you. When are you back?
9. Not the same without you around.
10. Miss having you close by.
11. Thinking of you and wishing you were here.
12. Missing you. Hope you are well.

For a partner

1. Missing you in the ordinary way — the kitchen is too quiet and nobody is arguing with the radio.
2. I miss you at the boring times. Making tea. Walking to the shop. All of it.
3. Bed is too big and the flat is too tidy. Come home.
4. Miss you. Everything is fine and everything is slightly worse.
5. I keep saving things up to tell you and the list is getting long.
6. Missing you badly today. No particular reason, which makes it worse.
7. The best part of my day is still you walking in. Come back soon.
8. Miss you. Counting down properly now.
9. I did not expect to miss someone this consistently. Here we are.
10. Missing you. Same as yesterday, probably worse tomorrow.

For a friend

1. It has been far too long. Miss you — let us fix that.
2. Missing you. Life got busy and that is a poor excuse.
3. Been thinking about you. We are overdue a proper catch-up.
4. Miss having you ten minutes away. Drinks soon?
5. Missing your company. Free any evening next week?
6. Miss you. The group chat is not the same as your actual face.
7. Thinking of you and realising how long it has been. Sorry about that.
8. Miss you — put a date in the diary and I will be there.

For family

1. Missing you all. The house must be quieter than mine.
2. Miss you, Mum. Ringing you at the weekend.
3. Missing home more than I expected to this week.
4. Miss you all. Sunday lunches are a distant memory from here.
5. Thinking of everyone and missing being round the table.
6. Miss you. Coming home as soon as I can.
7. Missing family this week. Give everyone my love.
8. Miss you both. Will call properly at the weekend.

Funny miss you messages

1. Missing you. Also missing the things you do that I claimed to find annoying.
2. Miss you. Nobody here laughs at my jokes and it is deeply humbling.
3. Missing you. This is a formal complaint about your absence.
4. Miss you. The fridge is fully stocked and I have nobody to blame.
5. Missing you. Come back — the plants are struggling and so am I.
6. Miss you. I have started talking to myself and answering.
7. Missing you enormously and I resent it slightly.
8. Miss you. Return at your earliest convenience.

When you have not seen them in a long time

1. I worked out it has been two years. That is far too long.
2. We have let this slide and I would like to un-slide it.
3. Missing you. No excuses — just a genuine wish to see you.
4. It has been ages and that is on both of us. Coffee?
5. Thinking about you and realising how much I have missed.
6. Miss you. Tell me everything I have missed and I will do the same.
7. Too long between visits. Let us pick a date properly this time.
8. Missing you. Whatever gap opened up, I would like to close it.

Short miss you messages

1. Miss you.
2. Thinking of you.
3. Wish you were here.
4. Come home soon.
5. Too long. Miss you.
6. Miss you loads.
7. Not the same without you.
8. Miss your face.
9. Counting down.
10. Miss you, always.

How to say it well

1. Say what specifically you miss. The kitchen being quiet lands harder than “I miss you”.
2. Do not attach guilt. “You never call” turns a warm message into an accusation.
3. Add a date. “Miss you” plus a proposed evening is the version that actually leads to seeing them.
4. Send it when you feel it. Missing someone quietly helps nobody.

Send it — and pair it with a gift

A free love ecard or friendship ecard says it better than a text. See also long distance relationship messages and thinking of you messages:

FAQ

How do you tell someone you miss them?

Name the specific thing you miss rather than saying it in the abstract, and suggest when you will next see them.

What do you say instead of “I miss you”?

Describe the absence: “Bed is too big and the flat is too tidy.” It says the same thing with far more force.

Is it needy to say you miss someone?

No, unless it comes with an accusation attached. Missing someone warmly is welcome; missing them resentfully is not.

What do you write to a friend you have lost touch with?

Take shared responsibility for the gap, skip the excuses, and propose a specific date.

What is a good short message?

“Missing you today. Nothing else to report.”

Text or card?

A text for right now, a card when the distance is long-term. A posted card to someone far away carries more than a dozen messages.