I met a wonderful person on a family vacation trip. After the vacation, we went our

I met a wonderful person on a family vacation trip. After the vacation, we went our separate ways, and I texted the special individual this:

I'm glad I've met you.

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I'm glad I met you.

Are both okay here?

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hi! I'm leaning towards: I'm glad I met you. I hear it more commonly than the first one. I'm no cambridge scholar but the second one sounds more appropriate and personal.[/FONT]

Hi! I'm leaning towards: "I'm glad I met you". I hear it more commonly than the first one. I'm no Cambridge scholar but the second one sounds more appropriate and personal.

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"I'm glad I met you" is indeed correct, Benny, but please read this extract from the forum rules:

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Are you saying that:

I'm glad I've met you - Is incorrect?

But it happened very recently and we only spent a couple days together.

I wouldn't use "I'm glad I've met you. "I'm glad I met you" and "I'm glad to have met you" sound better to me.

'...we went our separate ways' places the event firmly in the past.

"I'm glad I've met you" implies that you want to keep the friendship going. If you have no intention of contacting the person again, this could give them the wrong idea about your intentions.

Raymott said:

"I'm glad I've met you" implies that you want to keep the friendship going. If you have no intention of contacting the person again, this could give them the wrong idea about your intentions.

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Of course I want to keep the friendship going!

Batman45 said:

Of course I want to keep the friendship going!

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"After the vacation, we went our separate ways" might suggest otherwise. You might live in different countries. The friendship you had might not be sustainable long-distance. Any of these things are consistent with your first post. So, I don't think "Of course" necessarily applies.
Naturally, if you say it does, it does. But that wasn't so obvious in your first post.