It's not uncommon for Bachelor winners or Bachelorette leads to slip a Neil Lane diamond on their finger during the finale of their respective seasons - but how many former contestants get to keep their rings? Us Weekly has rounded up the answers, Bachelor Nation. There are two ways for Bachelor Nation members to keep the engagement ring gifted to them by the ABC series. Make it down the aisle ... or stay engaged for at least two years. So who do they give it back to? During a 2016 interview with StyleCaster, Neil quipped that the diamonds go to "ring heaven" if the couple doesn't last.