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I've wanted to tell someone that this was how I wanted to close the week since 2016 when I stopped sailing... But I didn't and I still don't know what was correct

  1. That's how I wanted to close the week since 2016 when I stopped sailing.

  2. That's how I've wanted to close the week since 2016 when I stopped sailing.

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  • No 1 explains how you wanted (in the past) to do something. No 2 explains how you continue to want to do something. Both are correct. They say different things.
    – Ronald Sole
    Dec 17, 2019 at 22:05

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In this case, both answers would be correct depending on what you're trying to say.

Simple past: you wanted to close the week that way from 2016 to a certain moment in your closer past.

Present perfect: you wanted to close the week that way in 2016 and you still do.

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  • Yes, both are equally correct. However, if the OP is an examinee, he/she should choose the second one, because many a time questions are framed around the certain key words like 'since' in this case.
    – Ram Pillai
    May 23, 2020 at 13:36

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