I know I am not a sharp gal, but my take on this is TOUGH LOVE or how ever you guys call it. Dont bother to reply, do not make small talk about this with him. He is far from getting back in the M and he is still very self absorved.
Please, dont let this get you off balance. An email should not make any difference at this point. You are wondering what it means? To me it means that in the middle of his crazy life he had a "weak" moment because he sees you are different now but I doubt he will it follow up with anything else if you fall for it. (I wish for you, he does. I just doubt he will).
My stbxh still says to this day "he wasnt made of family material". Only he figured that out after creating a family... K
