"We were a great couple that could maybe be greater apart. The point of the column is not to keep people together; it's for people to be happy. And sometimes being happy means making that kind of adjustment, where maybe you're not together." Hax married her second husband, a childhood friend, Ken Ackerman, in November 2002, and they are parents of twin boys and another son. Hax and Ackerman reside in Massachusetts. References External links Hax's section at Washingtonpost.com Hax's page on the Washington Post Writers Group web site. Carolyn Hax And Nick Galifianakis: Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax reflects on giving advice 1966 births Living people Harvard University alumni American advice columnists American women columnists American women journalists Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut The Washington Post journalists Hopkins School alumni People from Trumbull, Connecticut 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists Journalists from Connecticut 20th-century American women 21st-century American women