Inside scoop from The View, or a re-cap... depending on when you read this.

Yesterday, Barbara Walters announced on The View that she was "retiring" --not from the show but from her Oscar Night interview special. 

After twenty-nine years she says she feels like "she's been there, done that." And that's enough.

How honest is that? Wow. 

Think of how many people, as Barbara pointed out, have said they were retiring, but didn't. It reminds me of those stores in New York City with the GOING OUT OF BUSINESS  banners. Some of them have been going out of business for sixteen years. Apparently, the fine for lying about your business status is cheaper than decent honest advertising. Then again, with the number of visitors to NYC, no one even questions the sale, just takes the great deal home and brags about how they scored- just in time.

And that's only part of it. Sometimes the retired athlete comes back because he's been taunted and has something to prove, the retired singer needs more cash, the retired actor finally lost the weight, or is no longer needed at home as Mommy.

Maybe Barbara's moving over to let someone else take the reins at the Oscar interviews, to see if some other blonde can make grown men cry. 

I've always heard that like the buy low, sell high mentality of stocks, you want to get out of business while you're on top. You want to retire when you still have plans, while you can still enjoy all the things not going to work means. Leisure time, travel, hobbies, family...when you are young enough- and still wise enough to have a life. 

Why store up tomorrows? Take Barbara's advice. Retire and stay retired. And know when enough is enough.

Don't be like my grandfather who worked in banking his whole life and spent weekends planning for all the things he would do after retirement--only to die, plans intact, merely months after receiving the gold watch.

Watch today's episode of THE VIEW to hear about the new mobile phone problem for your teen... or your Tiger Woods-like husband: SEXTING. What's it all about? Tune in and find out.

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