Using multiple iTunes accounts for a single iTouch

Hoping I can get some help for my unique situation.
So my little brother's 14th birthday is coming up and my girlfriend and I want to give him her 3rd gen iTouch (not sure if it's 32 or 64 gb) as a gift. It's in mint condition and we're going to load it with music that he likes to listen to. Currently, it's tied to my girlfriend's old iTunes account, which has a lot of apps and games that she paid for. However, there are also paid-for games and apps on my iPhone 4 that he likes to play with that we want to put on the iTouch as well. I'm sure you can see where this is going. Is there any way to have both mine and my girlfriend's iTunes accounts synced simultaneously to the iTouch so that we don't have to re-pay for music, games, and apps that we would otherwise have to re-purchase if the device was linked to only one account? After doing a quick Google search, it seems as though only one iTunes account can be linked to an iOS device at a time but my girlfriend swears that at one time, the iTouch was linked to both hers and a friend's iTunes account. Any help would be most appreciated!

you can put both yours and hers music on to the ipod

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