1.

When you need someone to dance with at the next wedding, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

2.

When your aunts ask you how you’re doing and where I am, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

3.

When you need someone to listen to the new song you wrote, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

4.

When you need someone to vent to about your day and the difficult people you work with, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

5.

When you need someone to proofread that email for you and make sure you don’t sound like an illiterate fool, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

6.

When you need someone to back you up and tell you that you look nice with your scruffy beard, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

7.

When you need to iron the sh*t out of your shirt to look your best (you were never good at ironing), I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

8.

When you just want to wind down with a Guinness and an episode of “West Wing,” I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

9.

When you fall asleep at night without me holding on to you tightly like I used to, the way you loved me to, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

10.

When you’re feeling lonely and remember all the times I’ve told you that I love you and we’d end up arguing about who loves the other one more, I hope it hurts when I’m not there.

I meant it when I said “I love you” and I still do. For once, I’d just want you to feel my pain, because every day it hurts when you’re not there.