To feel uncomfortable about colleagues discussing their personal relationships at work?

[SoloWanderer]

I’ve noticed that some of my colleagues are VERY open about their personal relationships during work hours. While I understand that people want to share their lives, it sometimes feels like these conversations are inappropriate for a professional setting. AIBU to feel that discussing personal relationships at work crosses a line?

Then don't participate and try not to listen.

I agree, it's called over-sharing! I have one.
It's ok to say oh I watched x on YouTube last night or what you do a the weekend... but talking about the ups & dows of the relationship ans subsequent break up with a bit of health problems thrown in is sooo wrong!
I've started boring them with the ups & downs of dog ownership. That usually shuts them up!

Depends massively on what they’re saying. If colleague 1 is saying ‘Christ almighty my other half is doing my head in, yesterday I asked them to get such and such and they forgot, meaning I had to do X, Y Z. Sometimes they drive me mad, their listening skills are zero, I’m sick of taking the brunt.’ That’s just normal everyday chit chat and whinging.

If it’s inappropriate and Colleague 2 is saying ‘Had a good old session with my other half last night and they were loving it’ that’s obviously inappropriate.

Can you not just say ‘Do we REALLY need to know this??’

What is the setting? If you are in a private office that's very different to being on the shopfloor in a supermarket. Essentially though, you don't have to be part of these conversations, so don't be. If someone starts a conversation with you that you aren't interested in being part of just nod and then ask a work related question. Most people don't want to discuss things with people who aren't interested.