Why didn't Alfred want Bruce to acknowledge him?

Alfred: [to Bruce] I had this fantasy,
that I would look across the tables and I'd see you there, with a wife
and maybe a couple of kids. You wouldn't say anything to me, nor me to
you. But we'd both know that you'd made it, that you were happy.

IMO, what Alfred meant was that he did not expect Bruce to acknowledge the past. He just wanted him to be a happy family man with a new life, even if it meant Alfred wouldn't be a part of it. The statement had a sacrificial tone to it.