The Lemon Tree Coaching

# 148 - Do Pick-Up Lines Actually Work?

Dr. Allison Sucamele

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Pick-up lines are often dismissed as corny or performative, but beneath the humor and awkwardness lies something deeply human. In this episode, Dr. Allison Sucamele explores the psychology behind pick-up lines and what they actually reveal about fear, vulnerability, impression management, and our nervous systems under attraction.

This episode reframes pick-up lines not as tricks to impress, but as tools people use to manage uncertainty and emotional risk. We unpack why scripts can feel safer than spontaneity, when humor helps or hurts attraction, and how authenticity isn’t about being unscripted - it’s about being aligned.

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