Its official. I’ve become a prude.

I thought this happened only in adolescence. I thought once you got past those awkward teenage years, everyone grew up about sex. I thought we were supposed to laugh about how red-faced sex made us feel in high school.

But high school was easy. I was relatively OK in high school. Now? Now I feel about 50 miles behind. Or, rather, “Fifty Shades of Grey” behind.

That book — and its two follow-ups — has not just taken over the literary world, its weekly sales numbers blow away the number of people buying even the hottest selling CDs. Millions of copies have flown off shelves or e-book sites.

Read more at Free Press Mitch Albom: My Fifty Shades of newfound embarrassment | Detroit Free Press | freep.com.