Couple watching the sunset
A couple watch a sunset near a lake in Putrajaya December 22, 2008 Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad

New relationships will require more attention and care compared to old ones. Old couples have the advantage of focusing on other aspects of their lives while new couples have to spend more time trying to get to know each other.

Here are five things that old partners can do that most new couples cannot.

1. Focus on their career

New couples need to spend time together and establish a foundation before they can tend to other aspects of their lives, especially their career. New couples can easily get jealous of their partners being more focused on work than their relationship. According to an article on Marcandangel.com, old couples can work together instead of isolating each other, thereby accomplishing more things in the process and being successful in their respective careers.

2. Accept each other's mistakes and flaws

Since new couples are still trying to get to know each other, there is a bigger chance for arguments to erupt when either commits a mistake. A lot of things and characteristics can be entirely foreign or weird to a new partner, so it will either take time to adjust or the relationship might not work out at all. Old couples already know and accept their partner's flaws and are more forgiving when errors occur.

3. Not get jealous

Old couples are used to each other's habits, lifestyle and tendencies, which is why they are also more confident about their partner's actions and whereabouts. New couples, however, tend to easily get jealous because they have not yet established full trust and confidence in their partner. In Lifehack.com, old couples embrace trust and avoid jealousy as much as possible.

4. They look beyond the physical

Physical attraction is very common among new couples. Many later on realize that they do not share a lot in common other than being physically compatible. Old couples can laugh together, work together and even spend time with each other's friends and families. Looking beyond the physical forged their relationship so they can accept each other's imperfections more.

5. They have inside jokes

Since old couples spent a lot of time knowing each other's interests and type of humor, they also share a lot of common ground and experience, making it easier to make inside jokes. They can conveniently send secret messages to each other in the open, and laugh about anything in the past.