: "Looking good" is completely meaningless unless there is someone
: else there to look at you. The pleasure you get from looking good is how
: others respond to that, or imagining future encounters in which people
: respond well to it.

That's not true at all!

You can look good, even if you aren't seeing anyone else, and still feel good because YOU know that YOU look good. I wear dressy shirts and pants at home, even though I am between jobs and not likely to leave my couch, because it makes me feel good knowing that I look good!

I like looking damn good when I am at my worst, so to speak, because it sets a higher standard for me to look my best.