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While I applaud you for sticking to your guns, I think that your problem is more about communication than anything else. While you talked to each other you both never really got across what you wanted from the other. Instead it became a power-game with pride at stake.
If you are going to have a relationship that lasts, you both will have to communicate your wants and feelings openly, without turning it into a struggle over who is the most pig-headed.
Once you have established communication, then it is a matter of learning to compromise (which has been said before). A successful relationship is based on the true art of compromise.
Unfortunately, these things are not learned overnight, though I suppose I make it sound easy. It is hard work to get over the immaturity hurdles and the first hurdle, that of pride, is the hardest.
If you both can swallow your pride, being to communicate, and try to compromise when you disagree, then you have a chance. If that commitment is not possible then maybe its time to move on and try again. Though I understand your disappointment, without this foundation you are just headed for bigger disappointment.
Good luck.
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