Address book and iPhone

I have 500+ contacts on my iMac, but don't want those all on my iphone, so i have taken the time to delete 300 or so from my phone. Now when i back my phone up (and synch it), it gives me the choice to delete those 300 from my computer address book (which I don't want to do). So I decline, but I believe that leaves my phone contacts list without a backup.
Is there a way to back up my iPhone list on my computer without altering the desktop address book? preferably without creating another user (because that would confuse the issue of using my iTunes files from the main user)
Can my wife maintain her iPhone address/contact list differently and also back it up on our computer?

Mixmaster,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Have you thought about organizing Address Books into groups? Read: Creating a group of contacts for more information.
That way you can easily identify the group of 300 and only view the group of 200 "Contacts" on the iPhone.
;~)

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