It is a true sense of abandonment and like you, all three of my boys have dealt with it differently. Two want nothing really to do with him. My other son wouldn’t give up on him kept hoping he would surprise him and go back to the dad he thought he was and he even works with him. But obviously, his dad is who he is and of course, he was vocal that he always knew this just wanted him to be a better man and now in many ways, he’s even more disillusioned than my boys who fully accepted who he was a long time ago.