Yes, you're right. When I start to get really overwhelmed and mad at him for not being there, I think just that. Would I for 1 minute want to not have my kids in my life? Noway. Besides, kids are supposed to be pains in the butt, right? Oh he acts like, "what can I do? They hate me." (see he's the victim here)
No I can't imagine how when someone is all alone with just the quiet of their own mind, how they could ever feel like they got what they wanted, and I think that after a certain period of time they would know this, even if they never admitted it!