Is it normal to be a stubborn man and in love at the same time?

My bf and I have this thing where if the other jokes or somehow sends a funny message, then we're over the fight and we're back to normal. Sometimes though it can worry me that nothing got resolved and especially him, he thinks he got away with the situation. We recently got into an argument based on seeing each other. Our relationship is long-distance and his job is also long distance but he can go from his job to my place in an hr or so. So he did last weekend without really planning it. Again, we, especially him, joke around about meeting half way when we know we can't. But this time I guess he was serious. I told him how far he was from me and he ignored it and spent it with his cousins instead of me. The next day, we "tried" to meet up again but he was close enough to my house to just come see me but he still wanted to meet "halfway." He said it was equal effort and I told him he shouldn't even talk about equal effort when he's the one who usually doesn't put any effort at all.

We ended up not seeing each other at all because of our stubbornness. He wanted me to meet him and I wanted him to come see me at my house since he was like half n hr away. I didn't see the big deal. At the end, the moral of the story is I finally stood up for myself and didn't do as he said. He always thinks he's right and makes the best decisions which is one of the reasons why i'm with him cause I feel safe with him. But I was getting tired of him always getting his way plus I wanted to see how much does he really wanna see me. Is he going to put extra effort and drive to my house or is he going to stay stubborn? I am not sure if a stubborn man will genuinely be into someone but will always stick to his ways. Is that true? If so, then okay i forgive him once again. The whole point of him coming to my place was to prove how much he likes me. But he was only willing to see me at his convenience.

I want to look at this as if he's innocent and is not purposely manipulating me into following his ways all the time. So I want to know, will a stubborn man always be stubborn no matter how much he is in love? And if yeah, then okay. I want to text him and as said earlier, we always make up by joking. So I wanna text him something funny but thats only if he's innocent. If he is being manipulative then i don't think sending him a funny message is the best way to go. I feel insecure doing it as if he wins again. Waiting for him to text me is basically saying "its over" cause being stubborn, he's not going to text me. At this point, he thinks I'm the one who owes him just like I think he owes me. But being less stubborn and a girl, I'm willing to settle this whole thing and move on.