Rev2:  2 Apple IDs on the same computer?

My partner has her own Apple ID/account and her own Mac running 10.7.  She uses the Mac App Store.
I have my own Apple ID/account and an iPhone running iOS 5.1.  I also have a Mac running 10.5 and I will upgrade that later (compatibility issues).
I have a second user account on her computer.  (you know, System Prefs / Accounts).
When I am logged on my account on her computer, I want to use the App Store to buy Angry Birds.  She doesn't like it, and doesn't want to pay for it on her account.  She could care less if it's installed in my account / the computer.
I want to use my Apple ID/account to pay for it, so, when I upgrade my computer, I can install it there instead. 
With me so far? 
OK I am trying to buy it.  The App Store is fighting me, re-asking all these questions relating to my Apple account that I've already answered on my main computer.   (yes, it's my account, for sure.)
And I found this thing in the App Store Terms and Conditions:
(ii) An Associated Device can be associated with only one Account at any given time.
(iii) You may switch an Associated Device to a different Account only once every 90 days.
So hold on a minute. Is this "Associated Device" her COMPUTER? 
Can we NOT have her Apple-ID-bought apps on her login account and mine on mine on the same computer?
If I buy Angry Birds, will I be switching her computer to be associated with my ID instead of hers?    Will that break her installed apps?  Break her ability to buy new apps with her account?   Break her ability to listen to her own iTunes? 
Help!!!

1. Yes, the content from more than one Apple ID can be installed on the same computer. The proviso is that the computer must be authorized in the iTunes App/Store menu to use the content.
2. The reason that you are being asked additional information is because this is the first time that you have used this computer to access your iTunes account. Apple has strengthened its security procedures to prevent folks having their accounts hacked. It is legitimate and you are not being scammed. Apple has also added additional security questions and when Apple has obtained new content licenses for the things sold in the iTunes stores we all must sign new user agreements.
3. Anything that you agree to regarding using and authorizing your account on your GFs computer has no consequence regarding her account with Apple.

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