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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Fullmetal Alchemist] In the end, did King Bradley truly loved his wife?
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It's commented that taking a wife wasn't planned, it was something Bradley chose to do, and by the same token Selim liked his mother because she was willing to risk her life to protect him even before she knew him, something that confused him but gave him an appreciation for humanity.

I don't think we can ever really understand the nature of a homunculus, but we can say for sure if he didn't love her he at least had something resembling respect and admiration for her otherwise he wouldn't have stuck around since he had no obligation to even deal with her, let alone get married.