Can I have 2 apple Ids and share apps

I just got an iPad mini and my husband and I share an apple is which is listed with his phone number I tried to change our Id to my phone number so that I could use iMessage through my iPad and iPhone but I couldn't change it. Apple said to creat a new Id for myself. When I did that I could not select a cell number under messaging. Also I want to make sure I can share apps and music with my husbands account. Not sure if I can do this if I start a new Id. Any comments to help would be great. Thank you

I have an iPad and an iPhone. My wife has an iPhone.
I think the best way to deep with the two users and multiple devices is for each individual to have their own Apple ID. That does mean that we cannot share apps. But each of us our own special interests and we each have our own unique set of apps. We do have a few in common but they were either free or fairly inexpensive.

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