how to lose your tools AND your iTunes

At this exact moment I'm riffling through my iTunes library looking to compose a single playlist out of the over 8,000 songs available. It's massively time consuming. It's unfortunately necessary.
Additionally, it's giving me the distinct feeling that I'm old. At what point did my Michael Buble collection surpass my Nirvana and Pink Floyd collections? Can I really put Madonna's Material Girl  right after Plan B's She Said? Is that sort of musical marriage acceptable?
While I've always been accused of only creating playlists when drunk, this situation is complicated due to the fact that my iTunes is essentially blank. I have no Recently Added tunes, no Top 25, no Recently Played, etc. And not a SINGLE PLAYLIST! It's just me, a library (and a man on my back, but I haven't seen Barbados, so I must get out of this) [extra points for anyone who knows that reference, and yeah, that's part of the trauma as well]

And this is the point where the post turns slightly bitter, so my apologies now for any who dare to keep reading.
See kids, what they don't tell you about living with someone is that you'll probably end up merging lots of seemingly innocent things, like your iTunes accounts. And that sounds like a great idea, because it'll likely double your library right? Loads of cool free music right?
WRONG!
Let me just tell you, some people get a prenuptial to account for the "what if it all goes wrong" aspect. But here are a few of the things that will inevitably fuck you and you don't even know it yet!

• iTunes, iPhoto, and all the other iProducts out there. 

This is because the system works off a user account. If two people are using the same computer, then there's really only one copy of iTunes, etc installed. And while you can log out and back in as a different user with different libraries- well, that's just a pain in the ass. I think to change the iPhoto library you need to hold down the Cmd key and the letter P, and possibly the Dashboard key that resides on F4 at the same time. Something like that. It's complicated. And annoying to remember.
So you have a single account on the main computer and it's cool and happy. Then your ex becomes your ex and splits. (I'm working off the scenario that you get to keep the computer). Ok, all is well for a little bit. But then your ex realizes that you're still buying songs or movies or whatever and that they're paying for it. Or vice versa, they buy a bunch of stuff and it ends up on your credit card. So one of you gets annoyed, and changes the password to "their" account. Next thing you know, Apple updates their software or releases a new iPhone. Your computer tricks you into updating the software and then, on the reboot, asks you for the password to login.
You get it wrong. Half the songs purchased on your computer through that account, maybe even BY YOU, are suddenly unavailable. In fact, if I get this notice one more time, I'm giving up and will live exclusively on Genius mixes.

Screw dealing with the finances. The finances are a big deal and likely something you'll fight over regardless. But the iTunes account? The mobile me account? Not likely to occur to someone in the depths of a big breakup.

• Tools

Most girls out there don't have a lot of tools, and I realize I'm the exception to this. However, I bet most have some. They've got screwdrivers, hammers, basic tools kits that are indispensable to any modern woman who considers herself capable of hanging that picture by herself, tightening the loose handle on the dresser, etc. We've got the basics, because one Christmas years ago our father (or some other male) handed us a weighty box to unwrap and we were disappointed to discover it contained a basic tool set.

Then you meet a guy, he moves in and he brings with him a large (at least compared to your kit) tool box. After a little bit, your tools gradually begin to be stored in his tool box, because it (of course) makes sense to keep all the tools in the same place. Right?
WRONG AGAIN!
Because if you breakup, that lovely man who is currently rehanging your bathroom door so that it doesn't slowly open of it's own accord? He will pack that tool box in a truck and leave with it. And a month later, after you've cried your eyes out, you'll decide to take the picture of the two of you down, and replace it with an obscenely large, heavy expensive mirror. You'll go for your tools, and discover that you've been stripped of even the most basic tool kit. THAT BELONGED TO YOU. And yes, if you're the sort of girl who actually uses tools, you'll be devastated and pissed when you realize you're also missing a router, drill, orbital sander, chop saw, and every hand tool you've ever owned.

My point here? Much as you're trying to be rational in the depths of a breakup, bear in mind that the big things will inevitably resolve themselves over time and over several hundred heated discussions/fights.
But the things to try to remember, are the little details. Because those are the ones that'll piss you off much later on when there's no more time for negotiations.

As a side note, playlist artists at present play in this order:
Massive Attack
Muse
No Doubt
Cage the Elephant
Gorillaz
Radiohead
Madonna
Plan B
Nine Inch Nails
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Metisse
Coldplay
Britney Spears

Maybe this WOULD be easier drunk?