Can I sync or share contacts btw two iCloud accounts?

Hi all,
My wife and I have many overlapping contacts on our iPhones but we also share an imac and ipad at home. I am using iCloud to share my contacts btw the devices, but of course that means I need to find a way to sync my account's contacts and my wifes... Is this possible? If not what other options do I have?
Thanks in advance!
web_guy.

iCloud isn't designed to let you do this, and you can't share contacts in the same way you can share calendars. The nearest you can get is to export the calendars as .ics files from your Mac and import them into your wife's iCal: of course any subsequent entries will have to be added manually.

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