Breakups anyone?

The reason why I'm asking is because I'm currently going through a breakup from my ex bf of 1.5yrs I'm not sure whether to feel sad or happy because this breakup has been different from the rest. Reason being is because he was a really nice guy and by far the nicest I've ever been with , but we came to this point in our relationship were we couldn't agree on anything. I'm not talking about things like what are we having for dinner , I'm talking things like religion, kids, where we wanted to live...etc.  Me being the open being I am I started to compromise a lot in the relationship and I felt like I started to lose myself, a lot of our arguments were misunderstood and we could never come to a conclusion so I took upon myself to end things. For some reason I care about his feelings more than mine at this point knowing how good he was to me. Is there any advice from any of you beautiful beings that have experienced this? Talking to my friends is not enough..