Aren’t you wasting emotional energy by avoiding a friendship that you long for?

I am sure you would agree that it is possible to have a good relationship without succumbing to the sexual element.

My favourite verse in the Bible is:
1 CORINTHIANS. 13. So far you have faced no trial beyond what man can bear. God keeps faith, and he will not allow you to be tested above your powers, but when the test comes he will at the same time provide a way out, by enabling you to sustain it.