What do you do after 11 marriages? You write about them

Bonnie Ashley has grouped together all seven of her ex-husbands. She scanned their images on a sheet of paper that she often shows folks eager to know how she managed to get married and divorced 11 times—tying and severing the knot with two of the men three times each—and why the unions lasted anywhere from 45 days to just under five years.

To hear the author of the self-published book Ex-Husband in Freezer describe each man is to know that she can really pick ’em.

Her marriage to husband No. 1 was doomed to fail. She only married him to leave the home of her father, a dictatorial, domineering minister.

Husband No. 2 was a terrific companion but had weird ways about him; sexually. She married and divorced him three times, going through bouts of non-fulfilment with him and loneliness without him.

Husband No. 3? A consummate womaniser. No. 4 had a volatile temper; she left him after he threatened her. She left No. 5 after finding nude photos of him and another man. No. 6 was a minister with an uncontrollable pornography addiction. And No. 7 (whom she married thrice) was good for passion and intimacy but little else.

Meet the woman whose marital history is probably enough to make oft-married actors utter, “Whoa!” Ashley, 53, is real estate agent with a warm smile, charming demeanour and a woeful penchant for hooking up with the wrong guy.

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