A little true story.
A couple of years ago,one of my best friends,of the opposite sex, invited me to accompany her to a Rock n Roll night....it went fine ,but she'd received some bad news about a fella she'd formerly dated,and still had feelings for,(he'd gotten married....)
So subsequently she got quite drunk and behaved rather more outrageously than usual.....I was driving,so stuck to Coke all night. When I dropped her off back at her shared bedsit she was in no fit state to be responsible for her actions.....so guess what I did ??
I opened her door to let her in,listened to her alcohol fuelled ramblings,nodded in sympathy, kissed her goodnight on the cheek and.....walked away.
I was brought up to respect Women,and I knew that I COULD have taken advantage of the situation, but being the old fashioned Gentlemen that I am... I made sure my friend was safe and despite my feelings for her decided that discretion was the better part of valour. At least my conscience is 100% clear !! I did however text her the next day (once I'd got home) to check she was ok....Yeah apart from a sore head she was fine and thanked me for getting her home safely. (since then,she eventually moved up North,(unfortunately),but we still keep regular contact).
It just goes to show that even though I'd naturally had desires I exercised a lot of self control....it all depend on how one's brought up really.