Dad who placed newspaper ad trying to find wife for his son gets 12 prospects
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The father of a Salt Lake City businessman who placed an Idaho newspaper ad seeking women interested in marrying his 48-year-old son has received about a dozen inquiries.
Arthur Brooks had planned to meet potential candidates at a Coeur d'Alene resort, but son Baron Brooks told the Spokesman-Review on Sunday that its managers asked his father not to conduct interviews there after getting barraged with media requests.
The younger Brooks previously called the $900 ad in the Coeur d'Alene Press "embarrassing" but said he'd let his 78-year-old father go forward.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He says about 12 women from around the U.S. expressed interest in the ad. Arthur Brooks will interview them in the coming weeks.
Baron Brooks says his father wants a grandchild to carry on the family name.