I don't miss anyone.

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Really, not a single person. I live very far away from the place where I grew up, and have almost no contact at all with family members or friends. Once in a while I get a message from someone, saying that they miss me, and I feel bad about not missing them back. As if they're just not that important to me, and that makes me feel "cold".
I've had a lot of people who were really important to me. I can find myself wondering what my old friends are up to, or worrying about how my brothers are doing. But I just don't miss them.
I know this because i can recognise the feeling. I had a cat who died two years ago, and I miss him terribly. But I have never felt this for a human.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. I guess it's good that I don't have that problem to deal with, but doesn't it kinda make me a bad person?

Guess I'm just wondering if I'm the only one?

I never bonded with either parent, and have never travelled more than an hour to see a friend. After I moved here, I had four visits from a thousand miles away. When I was 19, I spent Christmas in a dorm with the 1/3 of the population that couldn't or wouldn't go home, and it was more like family than anything previous.

My bonding abilities are pretty limited.

You're not alone in this.
I don't miss anyone either. Old friends, well, never really had any best friends but, acquaintances, relatives, anyone!

Even parents. I cared about my mother a lot, but after she died, I can honestly say, I didn't really miss her. Seems strange, as I think about her almost every day, but I still don't miss her.

I actually feel bad about that, that I don't feel anything for her, or for other people who are gone, but it is what it is I guess

Same here. I moved 4,000 miles away from my family and friends about 11 years ago and am quite happy never seeing/speaking to them again and defiantly do not miss them. My grandparents died recently and I was very clinical about the situation. I never really got attached to anyone human apart from my husband. It's how I figured he was the one for me! He's the only person that I actually miss when I'm away from him.

Animals are a completely different story. I miss my childhood cats and dog. I miss my current cats and rabbits when I'm away from them. I certainly get way more upset about the deaths of animals rather than people. I even got attached to my friends' service dog, which he now has to give back as he's leaving the country. I'll miss his service dog more than him.

I feed a bit bad it as well, but, people are exhausting to deal with. Animals rarely overwhelm my coping mechanisms.

I don't miss people either.

That's not to say that I don't like certain people though because I do but once they're gone and out of my life then that's it, I just move on.

Phew! Feels good to know it's more of a bonding-issue rather than a not-caring-for-others-issue. Thanks y'all!
Looking at it from the bright side now, at least it's nice with a little less emotional baggage than could've been

This is largely true for me, too. I've thought that I might be schizoid, if I'm not autistic, because of the way I relate (or rather fail to relate) to people. For me, it's far easier to form a connection with someone online through text alone. I think this is because you can never glean everything from that mode of communication. You have to fill in gaps for yourself, which gives you the same control experienced in your inner world. It's the same with pets. You project onto them. Not so with people I know intimately.

I'm the same too. I love my family and a few close friends but I just can't miss them. There have been times when I spent over two years away from them and it was totally ok. My family and friends live in Turkey and I live in Czech Republic now and it's still the same.

Generally speaking while I "care" about social interaction, real bonding doesn't occur. At one point I had a very, very, close friend. However even when he was around there was a sense of out of sight, out of mind. He was just willing to be in charge of the friendship and was very forgiving. Since he moved abroad it has been quite easy to forget.

I don't miss any real people, but found I miss watching shows I like between seasons, after a cancellation, or book characters that have a long story series. Re-watching/re-reading after a long period of time feels good, but would get bored re-experiencing the story too soon & prefer new material -- can settle for old material, but a long duration of time has to pass before consuming it again.

I never miss people, I only miss objects or routines.

I miss my first teddy bear,
I miss my first car,
I miss my last job,
I miss my computer's speed,
I miss the routine I had downtown,
I miss my old apartment downtown,
I miss my old schedule at my current job,
I miss being able to eat whatever,

All stuff, because NTs have never served me well enough.

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Part of not missing people is not being able to imagine them when they are away. People are surprising in real life. I also can't imagine fictional characters for compositions.

I was shocked to find when my parents went away for a month to a place with no phone contact that I missed them less and less. After a month of not hearing their voices, I almost felt like someone who was a few years down the line from loved ones passing on. But when someone I loved actually did pass on, I missed them more over the years. I think it had more to do with situations in my life. As the world became more and more a place this person would have liked less and less, it made me miss them and what they valued and prized. A lot of that feeds into my feelings when missing people. I very rarely just miss the person themselves. It's usually them + place + situation + others + music + good times, etc etc.

I can really understand the people who say they miss animals more than people. But I don't think it makes you a bad person. I think you just need to find the right sort of people, ie, those who won't overwhelm and overload you, and make you feel more powerful instead of inept all the time. Animals are kings at doing that.