I've always been dropped from jury duty, because they always ask if you know anyone who's ever been arrested on drug charges. Well, duh. They end up with juries full of people 80 years old and up.
It wasn't too bad when I did it in the '70s. Got 12 albums for a penny, then bought three more under obligation for $7, that's $8 with shipping, and then quit. (LPs were $5 in a store at the time.) I would select an alternative to their pick of the month and got what I wanted. No problem. I crunched the numbers before I signed up.
I would assume that the author would be very proud to show off the publication to his SO, and there would be nothing unusual about saying, "Oh, you're mentioned in the acknowledgments."