Be careful what you wish for (London)

 

(Merriam Webster) (idiom) 

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…used to tell people to think before they say that they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it 

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(From googling) 

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Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true! The origin of this saying is Aesop's Fables, the world's best known collection of morality tales (circa 260 BC). 

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I was telling a friend about this neighbour who is a lot of things under the sun — this is the abridged version, just to save you going through the long list.

    I said I wouldn’t extend a hand to pull her out of the water if she were to fall in.  Then, feeling that I shouldn’t be thinking such wicked thoughts, I added, “I’ve said to God that I’ll be willing to go to Hell for this, because she doesn’t deserve saving.”

    The friend said, “Be careful.  You might meet her there.”

    Hahahaha.

(London, 2024)