It's not so much about paranoia but you need to be smart. You are offering to give someone your phone number on a public pedo forum. You obviously don't know infantile well since you have not even emailed with him yet. So before you know him well you are already offering a phone number. If your post was in response to me it would set off lots of alarm bells in my head. You are way too eager to go from a public forum, to email, and to talking on the phone.

Now everyone who reads this board, not just other GLs, know you are very eager to talk to others outside of GC.

I might be wrong but I think both you and infantile are fairly new here. Take a step back and just enjoy the forum before you want to start talking to people off the forum. THEN after awhile, at least 6 months, but maybe much longer, email or talk to people in GCC. Don't just metaphorically throw your phone at people, you'll scare them. I know I don't want phones thrown at me.