[header] How to live with a college roommate who is your total opposite [title] Get to know each other. [step] If you decide from the very first time you meet that you're too different to possibly like each other, you will certainly set yourself up for a miserable situation. You don't have to be best friends, but getting to know one another will help you at least establish friendly conversations. 
[substeps] Figure out what you have in common. You might be total opposites on most things, but you will have at least one thing in common.