Why are we taken for granted?

I was having this conversation with my friend a few days back when she said that she was tired and pissed with being taken for granted. I guess everyone is.

Maybe it has something to do with our generation. Or maybe the way we have become way too complacent. The problem i think is that we have stopped valuing things and people. But why is that happening?

We have too many options and too many solutions easily available. We do not wish to fight for Or sustain the things we value. We have become too accustomed to options. We have options for everything.

We do not go out of the way to do things for people. We want importance and recognition. So much recognition to fuel our egos that we value recognition and not emotions.
For us relationships have become stepping stones.

We love our parents till they give us money and love. The day we have money we ignore them. The day they ask us for something we are not there. We have options available for parents. We have our wives, our work pressures, our girlfriends. We choose the latter, easier option. Why can't we just take the tougher route of convincing them and balancing our lives with theirs? Wavelengths don't match is a problem I've heard a lot about. But since we are their creation won't our wavelengths match?

We have friends. 1000+ friends on 5+ accounts on multiple sites. But we keep crying alone. Why can't we do things for our old friends? Friends who stayed close always but only because of small problems and big egos we let them go. But in a while we have new ones coming in. We don't need the old ones. We just forget them. We just simply Move On. Why can't we just stay there for them? Not like pervs or pushy people. But just as you?
No we dont. We just move on with our options.

Our romantic relationships are the best. Breakups and hook ups happen overnight. I had heard of talaq talaq talaq but now it's even more simpler. BLOCK everywhere. I never heard of our parents generation doing anything like this. I did hear them saying that their partners brought the better out of them. But never heard that I'm leaving him because he did not do this for me but someone else did it for me.
Even marriages as old as 10 years go through divorces because they find options.

Why can't we simply narrow down the options to 1 person we have and get the best out of them? Because in doing so you too transform into a better person. You too improve upon your mistakes. But we want multiple people doing things for us but we for none. We want to be popular in 1000 people  but not dependable for just 1 friend.

Be independent yes. But be dependent too. Be dependable too. But most of all be there. Don't take things for granted and work towards them. Value them. And even after all this people take you for granted smile with your head high because you're the better person. Just smile with satisfaction.