The marriageable mainlander males and locally born women were seeking partners, but because of cultural and psychological differences, many first-generation yaro marriages were in fact less than happy.
外省適婚男性在本地女性中尋求伴侶，卻因又有著文化及心理上的隔閡，許多第一代的蕃芋婚姻其實並不幸福。