Where should I look to find out how to unmerge and keep separate 2 Contact lists from 2 different iPhones syncing to the same iMac?

I am a relatively new iMac user (2009), but don't use the computer for much beyond basic communication and media functionality (internet, iTunes, iPhoto, syncing iPhones, etc.).  I have a new iPhone 4S (switched from a Droid) and my wife has an iPhone 4.  When I was using the Droid I was not syncing my contact info or any other information through my iMac.  Once I moved to the 4S and transferred all of my contact information, I set up my Contacts to sync with the iMac, and also set up my wife's iPhone to do the same.  Now we have one master Contact list, so all her Contacts are on my phone, and all mine are on hers.  I don't necessarily want all this extra data on my iPhone.
Another relevant fact is that my wife uses my iTunes login info for her phone, i.e., for app and music purchases, etc.  I wonder if this may have something to do with it?
What do I need to do to separate our profiles?  I am happy to do some searching within the community but did not even know where to start.
Thank you!

i have 2 separate IDs and also 2 separate itunes library hoping the contacts won't sync and mix together but both libraries only syncs from/to the same address book in my MBP. i cant separate the separate the contacts in the address book unless i manually move our hundreds of of contacts into different groups then sync from only my group....  but thats just too much...  any easier way?

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