Developing feelings for someone is not a rare and difficult situation to find yourself in. If you have enough in common and you spend enough time together, romantic feelings will start to emerge. Of course there are those relationships where things just seem to click better than others. In order for that to happen though, both parties need to be on the same page, or at least try to be on the same page. In your situation, it seems like you are the only one who cares whether this relationship lasts or not. This is not a recipe for success. If he keeps pushing you away, you're not going to have many opportunities to grow in the relationship. When you get to a real problem, how is he going to handle that? Will he just push it away as well? It really doesn't matter what your friend says, you have to go by your own instincts here.