With the bitterness that is oozing out of your posts in your snarky replies to the women on board here?
No, you did not turn out *just fine*.
The father in the post which started the discussion turned out to be an alcoholic and left for a woman in another state. By that action he fundamentally abrogated his responsibility to his children; that of being available and fathering to them.
I already apologized to the poster. She seems to have had a bad situation and dealt with it as best possible.
If a father abandons his children imo there no value in them facing a recurring rejection.