Hi. I'm new to this forum and I need some friendly relationship advice.

I've started dating a boy I haven't known very well. He looked like a decent guy, was the first person ever to ask me to be his girlfriend and as I never was in a relationship before I decided to give it a try (I'm 20 years old already). He turned out to be a really nice person - is totally into me, respects me, pays me compliments, wants to meet/chat with me all the time amd is more then willing to change a lot about himself. Still, I cannot make myself like him - even the positive feelings I had during our first meetings dissipated into thin air. Right know I just try to avoid him as much as I can. We met in the physics club, but it soon turned out we have no common topics to discuss.
I can't help but feel that he's intelectually pulling me down. Not to say I'm some kind of genious, but I always try to aim higher. I hate meeting with him because we have nothing interesting to talk about - it's either him describing for hours some common event, football or playing make-belive or moments when I try to talk about something else, but he doesn't bother to ask questions and has problem forming independent opinion on any subject. I've always been a cerebral kind of person and intellectual stimulation is extremely important for me. I also feel really uncomfortable being physically close to him, even holding hands and cuddling on what he insists at all times.

I'd break up with him possibly gently, but in short my mom forbid me. It's the "my house, my rules" here. When I told her I want to break up she was furious and eventually said that if I ever dare to hurt such a kind, gentle guy she'll make my life a living hell (I'm sure she would manage). She also wnet on on how you don't meet people like that every day and I'm sure she's right about that, but I still can't help how I feel about him. She really likes him - even goes so far as pretends to be me and chat for hours with him from my account, almost everyday. I don't really know what to do - that relationship is making me really unhappy and while the real problem is not with the boy, just between my mom and me, I have no idea how to solve either.

Thank you for the patience to read this.