Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life.

The remark reframes a common grievance—“being taken for granted”—as evidence of intimacy and reliability. Brothers suggests that when someone stops performing gratitude in obvious ways, it may be because your presence has become woven into their sense of normalcy: you are expected not from entitlement, but from trust. The line highlights a tension in close relationships between appreciation and stability: what feels like neglect can also signal that you are safe, familiar, and counted on. At the same time, the idea implicitly invites discernment—comfort can be healthy, but it can also slide into complacency if care and acknowledgment disappear entirely.