Proper way to say you haven't met someone [closed]

What options are there to politely say you haven't met someone yet? For example if you have a common acquaintance online who asks if you know each other.

"I haven't had the pleasure to meet him yet"

or

"I haven't had the opportunity to meet him yet"

Are there better expressions?

Solution 1:

One small modification will make your expressions correct, polite ways to express it:

I haven't had the pleasure/opportunity of meeting him yet.

Shorthand for either (especially the first) expression is fine, also:

I haven't had the pleasure.

Solution 2:

I don't think there's anything impolite in simply saying, "No, we've not yet met" or "No, we haven't met".

Perhaps I'm ruder than some, but I've never sincerely used the expression "I haven't had the pleasure".