Monty's girlie curls

So we went to visit my (anne's)family last week and my mom thinks we should cut Monty's hair, because he is really starting to look like a girl with his long curls. Indeed a lot of people who don't know him have been revering to him as a girl. ("Your daughter is so cute." "Thanks, but he is a boy.")It is true that Monty's hair (washed and wet) reaches between his shoulder blades, but in the curled version it barely reaches his shoulders. Besides, doesn't he just look so darn cute with his curly hair? I realize that at some point he is going to realize that people are calling him a girl, but i figure then it is early enough to cut his hair. I'm just afraid those curls will never come back when we cut his hair.