Do you think that the male friend if trying to intimate with her? Do you think he is falling in love with her? Do you think that the male friend seems a bit emotional? Is he offending her?
It may or may not mean any emotionally romantic attachments beyond friendship. Opposite sex friends can miss each other such that it hurts though they don't have any romantic ties. You can detect the difference between emotional friendship ties and romantic ties in real actions.
Thank you so much Liqaa. I think this happens due to cultural approach. Maybe the male person is not a native speaker and does not know much about the culture of his female friend and he is trying to use English to the extend he knows.
It may or may not mean any emotionally romantic attachments beyond friendship. Opposite sex friends can miss each other such that it hurts though they don't have any romantic ties. You can detect the difference between emotional friendship ties and romantic ties in real actions.
Thank you very much Dickson. I relly appreciate your answer because you are from an English Speaking country, or at least English is the official language in your country.
Using your verbal statements as evidence, one could say that the speaker's feelings transcend the limits of ordinary friendship, especially when you say that "I miss you so much that it hurts sometimes". The information load in this statement is peculiar because it implies that the distance between the two is in fact a painful experience. As such, I believe that the male speaker is either getting emotional or expressing his extreme liking towards the female addressee.
The response to this statement is relative depending on the social background of the female receiver. These include, culture, religion, education, family, marital status, pear- group, location or environment of the female receiver. e.t.c.