What does this quote mean? "sometimes you don't know what you got till you lose what you got"?

Question

a guy is said this. does this mean he misses who he had or something?

Answer 1

yeah, that's right.  Maybe he could have done something different/better.

Answer 2

It means you take for granted the things you had, and once you lost them, you realised how important they were.

Like if you have a family member, who you didnt always appreciate, but when they're gone you realise you took them for granted and that you miss their presence.

Something like that anyways. xx

Answer 3

To me it means that when you have someone/something you take it/them for granted and don't appreciate it/them like you should, but when it/they leave since they're gone and you don't have it anymore you realize how much you miss it and loved it.

Answer 4

it means that sometimes people take things for granted

like, you dont realize how much you needed it until, you saw how life was without it

example: imagine life without toilet paper

we take it for granted

without it, what will we wipe our butts with?

lol :p

Answer 5

Have you ever lost something that wasn't hugely important to you, but when it's gone you get SO upset? It's like that.

Answer 6

like you dont know what you really got till you lose it. say i have a girlfriend who does everything for me and treats me really good. but i'm a jerk and i dont care and i take her for granted.. then one day she leaves me kuz i'm a jerk and she knows she can do better. well now that she's gone.. i see how much she really cared for me and was a really good girl. so i regret it now.

soo.. i had something that was once really good but i took it for granted and now that it's gone i want it back but i can.t

Answer 7

Yes.   He didn't appreciate what he had until he lost it.  Now he's missing it!