As reported by Michael Fairman:
Gloria on her off-screen relationship with Don Diamont and how it impacted
her: “Don and I were together for three years. He came from a family that
was very respectful and schooled in the old ways. His mother and father
were just the finest people and they raised their children to be that way. I
didn’t respect myself very much. I used to call myself names, and when
my marriage ended I felt guilty for breaking up the marriage to Alan. I felt
all the powerlessness of my childhood come up. I was on DAYS at that
point and earning a six-figure income. I was supposedly a celebrity and
all of that, and I supposedly had all this talent, but I felt like a beaten up child.
So, all my powerlessness came up and Don came in and treated me with
such kindness and respect, and paid attention to everything I was thinking
or doing. He was so attentive. I had not been paying attention to what I need.
So he taught me how to pay attention. Don is a really nice man, and family
is number one with him. He has really great qualities. I have been very
blessed to have him and others in my life. When we parted, because he knew
he had to go off and have a family of his own, because family was so important
to him after the passing of his own father, I said, “What is the most important
thing he gave me?” I realized it was the respect and the attentiveness. I
knew I had to start doing that for myself. It’s taken me a long time. I could
still do better, but Don was an important person in that process.”
http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/former-days-star-gloria-loring-on-joe-gallison-don-diamont-the-coincidences-that-shaped-her-life/2012/10/02/