You ask him about his friends' sons

"I have two years so maybe I should give dating a go for a few months before doing something much more drastic," you tell your dad, "Could you help set me up with a couple of them?"

Your dad smiles, "Yes. You're right, 24 months is a decent amount of time. Let me try and set you up with some of my friends' sons. You might have met some of them growing up as well."

"Let's see..."