Do you get what I mean?

I'm always having trouble figuring out wether my feelings are real or if I kinda just want them to be. I really want to be in a relationship, and recently I met a guy whom I really like as a person. He's sweet, charming, nice, handsome and we get along really well. We're different in a lot of ways, but similair in about just as many. 
I'm having issues realising if I like him, or if that would just be wishful thinking. 

Does this happen to anyone else? How does one figure this out? Why does it have to be so hard? uugh