Is it normal to realise the value of someone after they are no longer in your life?

I appreciate a lot of the good in people. I think everybody has good in them but everybody also has bad in them too. (Me included) Everybody I've dated has something that I liked about them or I wouldn't have dated them. Unfortunately, the bad usually outweighs the good. It seems that it usually takes a little while before the truth comes to the surface. In my experience, it seems that most people were out for themselves and what benefits to themselves. From my perspective, it seems that nobody really wants a permanent lifetime relationship. But yes to answer this question, there is something about everybody I loved that I miss.

I am always in awe of kind and generous people.

I lost my greatest love I've ever had, there's no recovery.

Yes, but it's always with a mixture of sadness and happiness... probably more of the sad.

A few close friends and relatives have died and with some of them I knew they were important in my life, but little things and events show me more of their importance now that they are not here.

It reminds me daily of how important people are in my life and to respect their presence even if I don't particularly enjoy them.

Yes, it’s a form of mourning

I would say it is very common. But not normal.
Normal would be knowing what we have when we have it by being in touch with our feelings. But we've all unfortunately learned to dissociate from what normal should be.

Yes most of us day dream they will accept us back but it’s a scary thought. Most don’t take the risk n live in the unknown

Sometimes that’s when eyes are opened… and I do believe it is common!

Happens to me. Idk. I'm bad at maintaining relationships

Yeah...to me it's kind of Manipulative somewhat. It depends

You don't know what you have until it's gone

Sometimes that’s a hard lesson to learn 😌

Yes it is normal but its bad.

Isn't this what often happens

You knew it all along.

Yes that's true.

yes it's 🙇‍♀️