Help using two accounts on one computer or merging accounts?

Okay, here's the situation I hope someone can help resolve.
My wife and I have two separate iTunes accounts and currently we are having a hard time putting music on our iPods and plugging them into our iPod docking station/speakers. Sometimes I use her iPod Nano and sometimes she uses my iPod Classic, sometimes vice versa. The problem is that every time we switch iPods and sync with our computer it removes all the songs that the other person put on the iPod (because the iPod was synced to another computer/account).
Is there a way to merge accounts or authorize both of our computers to recognize both accounts so that we don't have to remove the other person's songs every time we sync our iPods?

+"Is there a way to merge accounts"+
No.
+"...or authorize both of our computers to recognize both accounts"+
Yes. Store > Authorize Computer
+"...so that we don't have to remove the other person's songs every time we sync our iPods?"+
You can also look into manual, rather than automatic, syncing of the iPod. It has its pros and cons, but it does allow you to keep the songs. Read up in iTunes Help.

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