it was the second. he bought us tickets to see parasite and was sooo excited that the amc seats reclined. it's literally why he chose that movie theater.
he even double-checked with the ticket girl that our theater would have reclining seats.
she told him the theater number had changed, and we no longer had those types of seats. he was heart broken and angry. we found our seats, put our stuff down, and then he said he was going to go back and ask the ticket girl why we no longer had the reclining seats theater. i did not join him.
then he answered his phone in the MIDDLE of the movie and talked for a few. it clearly wasn't an emergency. he even left for a few minutes to keep talking on the phone outside of the theater. when he came back, all he said was "what did i miss?" he never apologized for it.
i should have left when he took the call but alas i still got dinner with him after