taken for granted

Coke was like a taken-for-granted spouse who starts flirting with the new neighbor.

For us who habitually gather to the services of the Church there is no more taken-for-granted act than worship.

What a foolish pain, like a spear-thrust, they sent through me—those words spoken in such a taken-for-granted way!

Perhaps it was better, saner—that quiet taken-for-granted existence.

But there is a practical conclusion drawn from this taken-for-granted change.