Multiple iTunes accounts on a single iMac

To start off with it really irritates me that I have to ask this question on a forum because Apple's support documentation is scattered and hidden and APPLE would rather charge support fees as if they already dont have enough freakin money!
My question is very simple and striaght forward, My wife and I have a single IMAC, We both have iphones and ipads, we have seperate Apple ID's so our apps and itune purchases are seperate. All simple crap! I added a second user to our IMAC for her and setup her Apple ID and Itunes account on it. I then authorized our IMac for her Itunes account. Everything should have been fine, only when I went to down load all her songs in Itunes I got an error saying that this computer was associated with another apple Id and that if I choose to down load her library I wouldnt be able to download content for my account for 90 days.
All I freakin wanted to do is load her songs on the Ipod I got her for christmas! ***!

These Apple KB articles may help you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4889
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
I am taking legal steps to get this resolved!
Good luck with that.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
See this line?
+If the iTunes Store purchases on your device were purchased with multiple accounts, you will need to authorize the computer for each one.+
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