Two rules stand between you and every member of Minneapolis Singles: a professional photo, taken by us, and a national criminal background check, run by us. No exceptions. No members skip this. No one buys their way around it.
Some people ask why we bother. Here is the honest answer: because the alternative is dangerous, and we refuse to hand you a false sense of security.
The Photo Problem Nobody Talks About
Open any dating app and you are looking at a wall of photos nobody verified. Some are ten years old. Some are filtered past recognition. Some belong to a different person altogether. You will not know which is which until you are sitting across from a stranger who looks nothing like their profile — or worse, until you have already shared personal details with someone impersonating somebody else.
We do not let that happen here. Every Minneapolis Singles profile photo is taken by our own in-house photographer. That single requirement solves three problems at once: the photo is current, the photo is actually of the member, and the photo was taken under our supervision, not lifted from an old social media account or, in the worst cases, stolen from someone else entirely. When you see a Minneapolis Singles member’s photo, you are seeing that member, as they look right now.
The Background Check Problem Nobody Wants to Think About
This is the part that matters most, so we will say it plainly: online dating platforms have become, in far too many cases, a hunting ground. At best, a platform with no screening wastes your time on fake or wildly outdated profiles. At worst, it exposes you directly to criminals, scam artists, and even convicted sex offenders, because nothing on the way in stops them from signing up.
We built our screening process specifically to close that door. Every Minneapolis Singles applicant goes through a national criminal background check before they are ever offered membership. We also verify identity, age, and marital status, and every applicant sits down with our staff for an in-person interview. Someone on our team has looked this person in the eye, checked their record, and confirmed who they say they are — before you ever exchange a single message with them.
Why We Do the Harder Thing
None of this is convenient. It would be faster and cheaper to skip the interviews, skip the photographer, skip the background checks, and just let anyone create a profile in five minutes, the way every app on your phone does. We know, because that is exactly what the competition does.
We do it the harder way because our members’ safety is not negotiable, and because trust cannot be manufactured after the fact — it has to be built in from the start. When you are on a first date with a Minneapolis Singles match, you should be free to focus entirely on the person in front of you: whether you like their sense of humor, whether the conversation flows, whether there is a real spark. You should not have to spend that time wondering if they are who they claim to be. We have already done that work, so you don’t have to.
What This Costs You
Nothing extra. It is simply part of membership. What it costs us is time and diligence on every single applicant, applied consistently, with no shortcuts and no exceptions. We think that is exactly where the effort belongs.
Trust, Verified
Every safeguard we use — the interview, the background check, the identity verification, the professional photo — exists for one reason: so you can meet someone new in the Twin Cities and actually trust what you see. That is not a small thing. It is the foundation everything else is built on.
If you are ready to date without the guesswork, or the risk, call our front desk at (952) 835-9590, or fill out our online form for a free consultation. A real person from our Twin Cities office will contact you directly and walk you through exactly how our screening works.
Love is local. So is the trust we build, one verified member at a time.
Ready to connect?
Call us at 952-835-9590 or visit Our Events page to learn more about upcoming events and how to join the Minneapolis Singles community.
