As a father of sons who are nearly undatable, I would like to offer some thought.

The father here is probably worried for his sons future and happiness. He didn’t set up a date for no reason.

His choice of words are not awesome, but I understand being exhausted by ones progeny. Without an understanding of the relationship, making a judgement is a wild shot in the dark.

If OP wants to bail out of the date, they will. I would qualify this as weird but so is eating sushi, it is still good though.