Dear Abby: My neighbor loves swimming in the lake. Should I mention the alligator?

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby: Should I tell my neighbor I saw an alligator in the community lake where we swim?

(If I tell her) it might cause her so much fear that she may never want to swim again ... . ... if I don’t tell her, she ...