What to say
I miss you messages for him
Men often get sent the same three lines on repeat, which is why most of them stop registering. A message that names something real does not have that problem.
Pick the one that is actually true today rather than the most romantic one on the list.
Short
- No crisis. I just wanted you to know you are being missed.
- I have had three conversations today that would have been better with you in them.
- You are the person I want to tell things to, and there is a queue building.
- Miss you. That is the whole message.
- The good news is I am fine. The bad news is everything is duller.
Worth reading twice
- I did not realise how much of my day was built around talking to you until the talking stopped for a week. It turns out that was most of the structure.
- I keep thinking of things you would find funny and there is nowhere to put them. Consider this the backlog.
- I am not sad, exactly. I am just aware of the space where you usually are, all day, in a way I was not expecting.
Long distance
- Different time zone, same person waiting. Miss you.
- I am fine. I am also counting days, and both of those are true.
- Every call helps and none of them are enough, which I assume is the point.
Send it with flowers
Put any of these in a digital bouquet: flowers chosen by what they mean, on a page made for one person. Free, no signup, and about a minute.
Make the bouquet 🌷Questions
Will this seem clingy?
Telling someone you miss them once is information, not pressure. It becomes clingy when it is repeated with an expectation of a particular reply.
He is bad at replying to messages. Is it worth sending?
Yes. A slow replier is usually still a reader, and people who do not reply to messages very often keep them.