It’s as if you never existed

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There is this old guy, must be in his eighties by now. 40 years ago he abandoned his wife, leaving her to fend for herself and their 4 small children (and that’s down here in Mexico, no government agencies to pick up the bills!) . He got involved with more women, fathered more kids, and everybody lost count. So now the poor guy is old, and very, very lonely. In my personal opinion he got what he deserves,but that’s not the point. I saw him the other day at a batism party, it was one of his great-great grandchildren. He gets invited, but nobody really cares whether he comes or not. Then I saw him sitting at the table where the wife of 40years ago was sitting, and what struck me was her attitude. There was no reproach, no hate, nothing, just this tired expression on her face that it doesn’t really matter whether you sit here. You sit here, you don’t sit here, what’s the difference, it’s totally the same to me, because you don’t mean anything to me. Gosh, my dear friends, I told my children afterwards that I would prefer it if they’d hate me. Anthing, anything but that you are like thin air, as if you really didn’t exist, like some fly bothering you without you even noticing it. I do my best to leave a positive mark on this world, very often I fail miserably. But once I’m old I’d absolutely hate it when people would treat me like THAT. What’s your read on this?