Was I the jerk in this game?

Hi. I had a player get upset with me for playing on in a losing position. I was honestly just trying to bluff my way out and hope for a mistake. My opponent was thinking plenty with each move so I didn't get the impression that he was getting impatient, and I thought it was an interesting position to play out anyway. I care about etiquette in online chess quite a bit because squabbling over these things is pathetic and unhealthy in my opinion. I just want to gauge what people think - should I have done something different here? I hate to even ask, but this happens so often and really takes the fun out of playing.

There is nothing wrong with playing on in that position. Check the living daylights out of him and make him work for it. Who knows they might fall for a tactic that turns the game around. Now if you're in a position where one of you is down massive amounts of material that is a different story. Even then, depending on the position, I'd play on until I'd exhausted any tactical resources I had left.

-edit- who knows perhaps your a-pawn gets moving.

I didn't realize the chat from the game doesn't show up here - the final position here is drawn but I was lost in the middlegame. I resigned because I had to walk my dog :p

here's the exchange we had at the end

DougfromVA: Hello
Black offers draw
White declines draw
DougfromVA: I have to go
Baphometic: Too bad.
DougfromVA: thanks for the game
Baphometic: You had me waiting in a won position son, you won on a misclick.
Baphometic: You can either resign or let your time run down or checkmate me
DougfromVA: I didn't win
Baphometic: Thats your only options
DougfromVA: I don't have a win dude
DougfromVA: this is drawn
DougfromVA: bye
Baphometic: Bye

lol I meant for the link to be clickable, that's kind of annoying

Not jerk at all, chess is a fight and you shouldn't resing if you believe that you have chances to save the game (and those chances include your opponent making a mistake or running out of time).
The only etiquette are the laws of chess, if you have a "won" position, then show me how you win it. Playing chess and whining about having to checkmate your opponent is just nonesense.

nothing wrong with fighting on to checkmate in any circumstances. mistakes are part of chess; even when you have a winning position

thanks for your replies.

Yes, I agree. Some people say that you are supposed to resign in lost positions in online chess, but I disagree with them. You should keep on fighting on, like you did here.

One thing to keep in mind is that some people like their opponent to resign if they are way ahead but others enjoy playing out the winning position right through to the checkmate. Your opponent shouldn't expect you to be a mind reader to know which of those groups he falls into.
The exception to this might be if you are playing in a tournament where how many games you get in is incredibly important, or if you are playing a significantly higher rated player. In those situations the etiquette leans towards resigning.
Now that I look at it I notice he's 200 points higher than you, but on the other hand that position was complicated enough that there were enough chances for white making a mistake , which is exactly what happened. So I'd say not resignable there.
But if if it seems questionable why not ask in the chat? Maybe you both want to play it out.