HT204053 Why iCloud is forcing AppleID with email adress, when Apple ID never required it?

First and Foremost, I used to be a Apple Hater in the 1990s.
Then, I discovered that they built great products and I should give them a try.
Now, my wife and I possess 3 iPhones, 1 iPad, 1 iTouch and our newborn already has 1 iPod Nano
I've had an Apple ID for a few years now. At first, it was simply a nickname.
When iCloud came aboard, it had me create an "iCloud" account, which ended up being my email.
Now, it seems that I have 2 Apple IDs (Thanks to Apple great ideas!), but cannot merge them as per Apple!
--> Awesome... the stuff I bought on my original account cannot be synched with the stuff I bought from my second (email) account.
My wife also has an account (that she had before we got together) with music she bought back in the days, also unable to use simultaneously on the same PC (One PC can only have one Apple ID registered, have to wait 90 days...)
Thanks Apple for creating such non-family oriented account processes.
My wife and I can share cars, our house, our furniture, but not the music we bought at a higher price than everywhere else... Neither can I share the songs I bought with my non-email Apple ID account along with the ones I bought using my email Apple ID (iCould) account.
Any tricks on how to get around these frustrating multi-AppleID limitations?
Thanks,
A guy who starts to figure out why he hated Apple in the first place...

Even though you can only associate a computer with a single ID every 90 days, you can still authorize a computer for mutlitple IDs.  If you authorize her computer for both IDs you should be able to import your purchased music to her iTunes library where she can sync it to her devices.

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