I am new to this forum, and I've seen a lot of these personal announcements like getting married, someone died, my bf/gf left me, etc. I don't mind them, sometimes I check them out, other times I don't bother.
I guess what I'm trying to say is this is a public forum, and it's supposed to be a place for people to say whatever they want (within the rules, of course), and sometimes it is a good thing to just type out to cyberspace and if one person reads what you wrote it is like some sort of support, comfort, or understanding for the person that posted the news.
If people have a problem with all these personal announcements, why not just click on something else or scroll down the page to find a thread more to your liking?