I use ripple daily, have done for ages, never had any problem, and I only trust gateways that have my BTC and other currencies anyway, or people I know very well.
Ripple hasn't actually given been around that long, and it doesn't seem like you have actually acted in this manner rather than just saying you do.
That isn't my only ripple account, that's just one I used for this, and indeed I do use ripple every day, certainly for the past couple of months, with trust lines extended to my friends, and to 2 gateways covering 3 currencies.