So, my boyfriend just left

Ray was going to come up and hang out for a coffee or something while I was studying. Just a little break. I came home from work, went to the store and picked up some stuff for dinner. I got home and as I started to cook dinner I thought he might like to come over sooner than later and then I could just study later. He came right up after I spoke to him and had dinner with me.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before about Ray, but he's fashionably-challenged. He came over wearing a "Bonnaroo" shirt, some jean shorts and some tennis shoes. No problem right? Wrong. Bonnaroo looked like it had been to hell and back - there was a hole the size of my right hand along the seam under his left arm. What would possess someone to wear something like that out in public? Why? I'm really trying to not be superficial, but come on! The boy needs some help! I mean not that I was terribly dressed up, I came home and got into my workout pants to be comfortable. At least all of my seams are sewn together.
After dinner we went to the couch and sat at talked, well he did. About college basketball. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sportsfan, more than a lot of women actually, but basketball is not my schtick. I'more of a football/baseball kind of gal. I'm happy to listen though. He gets all excited and riled up about Carolina, and Duke, and their rivalry with East Carolina. Super. Thanks, Ray, I was really concerned about NCAA coaches and their winning years.
At any rate, I'm really scared here. He is so nice and so into me and it scares me. He tells me I'm beautiful all of the time. We were sitting facing eachother and I got lost in a gaze and he just says, "God, you're just beautiful, you're so beautiful, everything you do." Wow. Stuff like that scares the crap out of me. I told him I don't know what to do with him, this is where my effective communication skills are a bit lacking. I really mean I don't know what to do with him, how to categorize him, how/if/where to fit him into my life. I know Ray would do anything for me, anything I wanted, needed, ever asked of him. Why am I so scared? Isn't this what I wanted for so long from everyone of my exes? He said that he's not ready to tell me how he feels about me yet. I just my fall over if he uses the "L" word on me.
My friend Nate and I were talking today about breaking our cycle as far as relationships go. Looking for and finding someone who treats us well, who doesn't come with a bunch of drama and issues, someone who looks at us and thinks the same thing we do when we look at them. Isn't that what we're all looking for? Does it ever happen concurrently? Or does someone always like the other person more than the other? Am I just overthinking everything? Should I just go with it even if I think I'm going to end up breaking this guy's big ol' sweet heart?
Oh God. I must be getting close to my cycle, because I just saw the season finale of The King of Queens and I welled up a little. Oh, and a KFC commercial just came on and it looked delicious. Yup, I'm gonna start soon for sure.