I must be a distorted Aries..?

You seem like a sweet person and I would hate for you to get hurt. I am a Capricorn and have much experience with Aries and I can say to you honestly that the Aries/Capricorn relationship is not a good one. I'm not saying this to tell you what to do but I can tell you that it will be fun in the short term - a date or two but it will "turn" quickly and then stay there. You will not be able to bloom with a Capricorn and you will become so bored that it will bring you down. The response your Aquarius friend got out of him will not be the same as yours. He probably thinks you are very cute and his Capricorn style attention is making you feel like a grown up but he is not what you want.