Should I have a separate apple ID than my wife? Different iphones, iPads, etc

Greetings all, I am new to apple, sort of. My question is should my wife and I have separate ID's? We both have idevices, but are currently sharing an apple ID. The reason that I would prefer to have separate ID's is that I am tired of deleting her apps. We share the iMac, and I don't want to risk loosing anything from iTunes. Again, this is probably apple 101 basic stuff, just unsure. Any thoughts or advice would be great.

vazandrew wrote:
You can simply uncheck the box that says to add new apps when you sync. If you want to have a separate ID just know that all current apps are tied to that account.
I don't understand why you are saying the all current applications are tied to that account. I have help numerous users to creat additional accounts and never had this happen as long as the applications were installed correctly in the Applications folder under the system disk which is available to all accounts.
Allan

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