Parents are known to sometimes embarrass their children, even when they have the best of intentions. Three brothers just learned this the hard way when their dad posted a dating ad for them in a New Zealand newspaper without their knowledge!

Just before the boys travelled from the United States to New Zealand for a vacation, their father Neil posted the ad in a newspaper there.

“Hello Parents. We are from the States (Oregon), visiting your beautiful country. My wife and I have three wonderful, successful, handsome, alas unmarried, sons between the ages of 28-32,” the ad read. “We are not expecting, just hoping, to introduce our sons to nice NZ daughters. At the very least, we’ll embarrass our sons, and the truth is we do find some enjoyment in that.”

“I have never done anything like this before and they don’t know. They are clueless, which I love,” Neil said, adding that he has since received over two hundred responses.

Neil’s oldest son is 31 year-old Matthew, who works in real estate in Portland, Oregon. Then there’s Jeremy, 28, who works for not-for-profit organizations, and his youngest Benjamin, 26, is a consultant in Seattle, Washington. The sons still don’t know what their father did, and Neil has not decided yet if he’s going to tell them before they leave.

“I might say ‘oh by the way I did place a little ad for you guys,'” he said with a laugh. “I am sure they will be surprised and annoyed, but I am sure they will laugh. We have a good relationship and are always joking with each other. They know I am a little unusual in that regard.”

The brothers are planning to be in New Zealand from December 26-January 7. Hopefully, the ad will pay off and they’ll come home with some good news!