I agree with Bea, I would leave it and not continue the conversation for now. Could it be a drunk texting? In any case, this shows that he does think about you and his family. He remembered the anniversary! And he got emotional... Drunk or not… There is a saying I remember from my childhood that goes like this “what sober person has in his mind, drunk has on his tongue.”
M:50 H:52 S28 (my S from previous marriage) M:17 + 3 BD: 06/12 S: 06/12 - H works in another state