Alters are coping mechanisms to the environment at hand, for the most part. Its not really set in stone! My host personality ~me~ Pretty much has the reigns- especially playing online! . We are trying to build a family environment which requires me...the nurturer. So when home time happens, I'm here and Steven can move his butt to the end of the line, so to speak. Actually for now, it's just me and him to function as a whole (he's good for what he does), a bookkeeper stick. Then there's the IT guy that builds our website and all things computer. Oh yeah, Buttkisser comes out to talk to clients which we need. (He thought the name was funny perfect!)
So, just saying, not one alter can do it all. If I had one, I'd be one person which isn't the way it's going to be right now. So please don't worry that they come and go as they want. We naturally switch to deal with our situation and environment. Only us get to experience such crazyness. I keep thinking this is like the Grandaddy of personality disorders.