Multiple iPad Users?

Last Christmas I purchased an iPhone for my wife and one for myself.
This year I'd like to get an iPad for both of us to share, but I think I made a big mistake last year when I created a seperate AppleID for each of us.
Will I be able to sync both of our iPhones to one iPad?
If not, can I merge our accounts to just one AppleID?
The FAQ says you can't, but is it possible to plead with Apple Support to make an exception?
We're going to start using the same AppleID from now on, but if the neither option above is possible, is there a way to at least get both our apps and music on to one iPad?
I wish I would have thought this through better last year, but of course I had no idea what we were getting in to, that we would become so attached to our phone's apps and download so much music.

If by syncing an iPhone to an iPad you mean that you want to connect them to each other then you can't
You also can't merge two iTunes accounts, but as long as both accounts are authorised on the same computer's iTunes that you sync to (Store > Authorise This Account) then you can sync content from both accounts to the iPad. Going forward you may want to use just the one account for purchasing new content - content is tied to the account that bought/downloaded it, so only that account can download any updates that it's apps get.

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