The contrast Fitzgerald uses for Daisy and Gatsby's love teaches us quite a bit about the era and human nature.
Gatsby, obviously infatuated with Daisy by a variety of evidences, would go to any length to get her and have her. Being unable to do this in the past because of his previous poverty while it appears Daisy came from old money that expected her to marry money, he actually succeeds for a time capturing her attention and affection again. But Daisy won't go that far.
During their relationship, a murder occurs and Gatsby cares not a bit about the death of Myrtle, but about how Daisy felt about seeing it. Gatsby's love is no holds barred, love her under any circumstances... even if she's married.
Daisy was indeed taken with Gatsby and may have had desire to be with him, but not at that cost. Perhaps a Catholic background and the fact that there was a child involved or that Gatsby tried to hurt her husband Tom by saying, "She never loved you," contributed to her disdain for this insane approach to love. Although a victim of the 20s party era, Daisy had order to her approach to love. Gatsby, chaos. Daisy loved the Gatsby that she spent alone time with as her affair, but not the one who suggested a disruption of everything else.
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