Muted for Me, Instant for Her
Language: en
The movie had been playing for ten minutes, but my boyfriend Julian still hadn't shown up. I was about to call him when my phone buzzed. I saw his childhood friend Lydia messaging him in their gaming group chat: "Julian, we agreed to play together tonight." The next second, Julian replied: "Okay! I'm coming right now!" I didn't argue with him. Instead, I turned off my phone, bought some popcorn, and walked into the theater alone. After the movie ended, I found Julian had called me over a dozen times, along with one text message: "Tonight's game is really important to Lydia! I promise I'll…