My Apple ID password keeps expiring

What has happened is that on June 4, 2012, I turned on my iPhone 4 ot see that it was asking for my Apple ID password. The password I had had for a while now was no longer working. Hadn't changed it, and I hadn't forgotten it - the password I was using had just suddenly stopped.
I went to iforgot.apple.com and reset it. Saw that the password requirements had been updated a bit to insist that I include an uppercase letter in addition to lowercase letters. Figured that that was why my password mysteriously stopped working.
Today the same thing happened, only this time I turned on my iPad to see that Messenger was asking for my Apple ID password. I entered it in once, and it didn't work...entered it in a second time and the password prompt disappeared, so I figured that it accepted the password. Same thing happened on my iPhone.
Then I get to my computer and I see that I cannot log in to icloud.com with the new password I had created on June 4. Once again, I had to change the stupid password.
Why is this happening (short of someone hacking into my account)? Is the stupid password going to expire on Wednesday, because I am traveling that day and I'd really rather not have to deal with an expired password.

fromsouth -
I believe that you have kept the same password for a very long time. This is the case for my wife on her Apple ID account as well. This problem is affecting only a subset of user accounts.
Perhaps you are right that the server is reacting to some suspicious activity. If that is the case, it sure would be nice if Apple gave the user a hint as to what activity triggered it. If Apple is unable to solve this for me, I will be keeping track of precisely when the password expirations occur to see if the same amount of time elaspes between each occurance.
For what it is worth, your theory about what is causing the password resets directly contradicts what thehello wrote previously in this thread:
thehello wrote:
I have the answer! I called Apple tech support and they know why this is happening!!!
At some point in the past, when you went to appleid.apple.com and logged in, under the "Password and Security" option, there was a setting that allowed you to manage how often your password would expire, ie. every 1, 3, 6, 12 months... you get the idea. Well, in the recent past Apple made some changes and security enhancements to better protect peoples' private information, and guess what? They have since removed this option. One of the Senior Technical Advisors who knew exactly what I was talking about (and had intentionally turned this setting on for themselves) went into their own account, but alas, it the option was not there.
Perhaps the Advisor he talked to was incorrect.

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Although it sounded like you were leading me clearly onto the path of enlightenment by saying "only I know the answers to those questions" it made me smile, since they were technical questions which I had no answer to at that time.
I'm glad, albeit a nuisance jimmy that someone has the same problem.
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