I have felt that deeply. It's one reason I didn't divorce him during the decades before. I thought my parents liked him more than they liked me. In some ways, I still think that. Honestly. My father helped us out so much with chores and finances (where my then-husband was failing us) while we were still married. but once the divorce was final, he stated that he was done....when I would need him the most. And it forced me to make decisions that I would not have made otherwise. But, he also told me, "Well, you are a single mom now, you just go to work and do what you have to do." Which, in this location, means two full-time jobs and never seeing your kids. The lack of compassion was so real and still hurts to this day. He was willing to make up for all of the things my husband wouldn't do, but not willing to help me make a go of it as a single mom.